When Li Guangyu and others were meeting to discuss the British National Petroleum Company, Yingli Investment Company was also uneasy.
The relationship between several consortiums cooperating with the United States this time was not very harmonious. Morgan and Rockefeller, California Consortium and First Citigroup have had decades or hundreds of grievances. If it weren't for the strong rise of Japanese consortiums, they would also go to their countries.
To seize the market, they will never join forces.
Dampier Worthy, head of Merrill Lynch's Western Europe, said: "You have all received the news, right? Li Guangyu's special plane arrived in London last night. In less than a month, Li Guangyu arrived here again. His purpose is unknown.
And Yu, obviously came here because of the current acquisition situation. In addition, according to the news we got, the leaders of Japan's Mitsubishi Consortium and Sumitomo Consortium have also come to London. We are afraid of difficulties if we want to take over these groups."
This time, although they saw a victory in the British Electric Power Company due to their financial resources, they failed to acquire any of the companies they wanted to acquire. This time, their focus was completely different from that of Li Guangyu.
The Lee Group focuses on public service companies, such as natural gas, tap water, electricity and other companies, and they hope to win over British National Petroleum Company, British Steel Company, Rolls-Royce, Aviation
Aerospace companies, etc.
Especially oil companies, they hope that after the acquisition, they can further expand their share of the world and occupy and consolidate their dominant position in the oil industry.
It's a pity that the current situation makes them more uncomfortable. The tiger of the Asian consortium has not yet been defeated, and two hungry wolves, the West German consortium and the Middle East, have been welcomed.
In particular, the investment companies composed of the royal families of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are even more arrogant than them. It seems that the increase in the price by billions of pounds is insignificant in their eyes, and they easily bid a unit price of 35 pounds.
Yingli Investment Company and Yingya Investment Company have been competing for nearly a month, but they are still not as high as the price they raised. They just reported the unit price from 27.6 pounds to 31.2 pounds now. The Saudi company jumped directly from 31.2 to 35 pounds.
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They have only increased by 3.6 pounds in the past month. Since Saudi Arabia, they have increased by 3.8 pounds on this basis. They do not regard money as money at all.
To acquire 65% of the shares held by the British government is equivalent to paying more than 3 billion pounds, and Merrill Lynch's annual profit cannot reach that much.
As the Rockefeller consortium that has a monopoly on American oil, they very much hope to take over the British National Petroleum Company, but in the face of the Saudi Investment Company's heroic approach, they are not sure whether they can take over the company.
K.J. Dijak, head of Western Europe of the Rockefeller Foundation, said: "Worsey, what we are facing now is no longer competition from the Asian consortium. Although they are strong enough, they are businessmen like us and will not mishandle money.
Money, everyone has a limit in their hearts. Once the price exceeds this limit, they will choose to give up.
But the Saudi Investment Company is different. These guys don’t have as hard a source of funds as we do. As long as they still have oil underground, they don’t lack funds, they don’t worry about whether their products will become obsolete, and they don’t need to think about the future development direction. If they
If you are happy, you don’t care how much you spend.”
In fact, K.J. Dijak has never been very happy in his heart. When the Lee Group acquired those companies, it was people from Merrill Lynch and Morgan who quoted prices for natural gas, electricity and tap water companies, and that was how the Lee Group came into being.
The consortium united with several Asian consortiums to compete with them in oil companies, which put great pressure on them from the Rockefeller consortium.
From the beginning to the end, the Rockefeller consortium only wanted to acquire the British National Petroleum Company and had no idea about other companies. As a result, it has now reached the current situation, making them very passive.
If the headquarters hadn't hoped to suppress the development of the Japanese consortium and the Lee consortium, the Rockefeller consortium would have really been unwilling to take a dip in this muddy water this time.
Now the Nippon Consortium and the Lee Consortium are indeed a little too rampant, and American companies have been impacted in many industries in the domestic market, especially the automotive industry and the electronics industry.
If the development momentum of the Nippon Consortium and the Lee Consortium is not suppressed, I am afraid that the dominance they have maintained for decades will change hands.
The Japanese consortium and the Lee consortium have developed so rapidly in recent years, especially the Li consortium. In less than ten years, it has developed from a family with assets of less than 50 million U.S. dollars to a comprehensive consortium with a current market value of more than 200 billion U.S. dollars.
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What's more terrifying about the Li Group is its control. None of its major groups are listed on the market. The only listed group also controls absolute control. Even if they have countless elites in the stock market and countless talents on Wall Street, they can't hurt Li.
The consortium has nothing to lose.
This year, several major investment banks in the United States estimated that once all the Lee Group's properties are listed, the market value of the Lee Group will soar to US$500 billion within two years.
With 500 billion U.S. dollars, this is also a large consortium in the United States. Although it cannot be compared with top consortiums like them, it is very difficult for them to suppress the Lee Consortium.
And based on the current development speed of the Lee Group, Dijak believes that within ten years, the Lee Group will become the world's top consortium with a market value exceeding one trillion US dollars.
In the eyes of these top financial groups, only if the wealth under their control exceeds one trillion U.S. dollars can they be regarded as top financial groups.
Currently, in addition to the top ten consortiums in their own country, only the six major consortiums in Japan and several Western European consortiums are recognized by them as top consortiums.
Although the Li Group does not currently have this qualification, the terrifying development potential of the Li Group has caused the American group to treat it as a top group.
As for the current Korean consortium and Xiangjiang consortium, they are just small local consortiums and will not be taken seriously by top consortiums such as the United States.
As Rockefeller's biggest rival in the United States, the Morgan Consortium naturally has oil companies under its umbrella. This time they came here, initially preparing to attack Rockefeller. However, Li Guangyu teamed up with several major Japanese consortiums to acquire these companies at the same time. After coordination, they also agreed
Cooperated with several major consortiums.
Cross Charles, the head of the Morgan consortium in Western Europe, is not too concerned about whether the company can be won. This time, Morgan does not want Rockefeller to win the company, and they also do not want the Asian consortium to win it. Now that Saudi Arabia has
If an investment company pops up, it won't matter even if they take it.
The Middle East is not a safe area. After being acquired by them, Morgan has many ways to make them spit it out in the future.
He said: "Worsey, Dijak, Smith, Bamford, actually I think it's good that Saudi Arabia and Kuwait are willing to buy this company at a high price, as long as it's not taken over by an Asian consortium.
I believe that they will need our help very much in the future, and we can definitely cooperate on this in the future. I think they can just provide crude oil with peace of mind, and it is up to us to help extend the industrial chain."
Saudi Arabia is in the Middle East, not far from the Soviet Union. In addition, they belong to a sheikhdom and a constitutional monarchy, and are not welcomed by that huge country. If they want to gain security, they still have to rely on them, the United States. We can talk about this at that time.
Something happened.
K.J. Dijak was filled with emotion. As expected, he is a subordinate of the Morgan consortium. His focus is on financial development. He is actually making such an idea now, thinking about taking back this company without much cost in the future. It is really evil.
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Once there is turmoil in the Middle East in the future, these countries can only turn to NATO for help. The United States is the leader of NATO. If they are asked to provide some benefits, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait may only choose to agree. After all, a company is far from having one