Four hundred and fifty-ninth chapter bottom line of 3.5 billion US dollars
"William," Grosvenor said with concern, a slightly worried look in his eyes as he watched William think about it for a long time.
"Sorry, I got lost in my thoughts," he was about to agree, agreeing with Grosvenor's plan to set up a huge pit and hand over the building to him and the Four Seasons Hotel, so that after the building is bombed, it will have nothing to do with William.
But seeing Grosvenor's worried eyes, and then thinking about it, the old guy just gave him four thousand acres of land.
William was a rare soft-hearted person. Forget it, let's not trick him. He thought for a while and said, "Sorry, this happened too suddenly. I have to have someone do some investigation and evaluation. If it is really good, I will seriously consider it."
"Of course, this matter must be investigated and evaluated. Today I will talk to you about this matter. Let me know the results when you have them. There is no rush yet. This project is still in its initial stage. We have time to do research."
Seeing that William did not refuse directly, Grosvenor was relieved. He believed that as long as William inspected it, he would be able to understand how big the profit was.
At the same time, he secretly lamented that William's wealth was really nothing to say. He had just bought the square he owned, and now there were people rushing to give him money.
I regret that I was deceived by the visible profits and sold the square too quickly. At the same time, I admire William's decisive and undelayed work style.
After talking about the matter, Grosvenor, who was unhappy that he had lost a large amount of money in vain, suddenly had no intention of continuing the conversation, and William was also in no mood to continue the conversation. He was afraid that he would be tempted to cheat Grosvenor and drink.
After a few sips of tea, I stood up and left.
When William got home, he went directly upstairs to take a nap. He slept until 5 pm. After getting up, he reported to him on Sunday.
"Sir, Jack Chen and his team have found clues to the Immortality, but if they want to verify whether his idea is correct, they need to go to sea for on-the-spot investigation."
"Now that there are clues, you can't find them?" William asked strangely.
"Sorry, sir, I'm not omnipotent. I can't do anything in places that are not shown on the map."
Hell, this wasn't the first time this happened on Sunday. William had no choice but to say, "Okay, help them prepare the equipment and ship, and let me know if there is any news."
"Understood, sir, I will report to you immediately if there is any news."
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A few days later, William was receiving at his home that Pierre, the general manager of the Bank of France, who came to visit under great pressure from public opinion, and his negotiation team discussed the sale of the Chateau de Chantilly.
One of the two parties wanted to buy and the other wanted to sell, so the atmosphere of the first contact was quite good. After talking for a whole morning, the negotiators, accountants and analysts composed of Yueshida Office had nothing to do with the price of 7,800 hectares of land at US$1 billion.
Opinion,
This price is less than 6% higher than the current normal price, so after a morning of squabbling, Yuestar's negotiation team asked William for instructions, and he directly agreed.
After lunch, we took a short break and continued talking.
We discussed the issue for another afternoon but got stuck on the valuation of the castle and the cultural relics in the castle. The price gap between the two sides was very large. When the negotiation could not continue, we had to adjourn the meeting and discuss countermeasures in separate small reception rooms.
William, who was feeling unhappy about being slaughtered by the Bank of France, suddenly heard Sunday's report.
"Sir, Black Phantom sent back a message that the island where the Immortality was stranded has been found, but he also reported that Jack Chen and the others may have been targeted by a group of pirates."
"Just kill everyone if they try to figure it out. Do you still need to report this to me?"
"Understood, sir".
Anthony discussed with Yueshida's think tank, and after reaching a consensus, he walked to William who was standing by the window sill to report.
"Boss, the experts we have found value all the antiques and artifacts in the Chantilly Chateau at 1.7 billion U.S. dollars. The castle itself is worth about 300 million U.S. dollars, plus the land, the total is 3 billion U.S. dollars.
Although it may not be accurate due to the tight time frame, it is certainly more reliable than the US$5.5 billion quoted by the Bank of France for the first time.
The think tank’s suggestion is to give the Banque de France people a cold start first. They will talk to you under huge pressure from public opinion, which means that the other party has a strong desire to sell.
If you don't have to conclude the negotiation today or in the near future, we can wait and suppress the other party's momentum while also having time to find the other party's flaws."
"Well," of course William understood this. After thinking for a moment, he said, "My bottom line is 3.5 billion U.S. dollars. If the price exceeds this price, we won't discuss it.
If you really can't negotiate, change the acquisition target. As long as the castle, land, cultural relics and antiques can give the Bank of France a suitable amount of money for transfer and storage.
Anyway, I am not interested in the oil paintings full of portraits in the castle, and they are not my ancestors. Even if I buy them, I will not hang them up."
"Okay, boss, let's do this for today." Anthony looked at his watch. Just as he was about to leave, he heard William quietly say, "I'm not in a good mood right now."
After William pointed to the picture on the TV, Anthony turned around and saw the news reporting that a large group of people were holding banners and cards and protesting loudly outside the manor.
Many people with hot tempers were calling William a devil and a vampire in front of the camera. All French people would not support William's purchase of the Château de Chantis.
"Find some connections to get in touch with the director of the Bank of France who broke the news to the media a few days ago, and see if you can get out of him how much money the Bank of France lost in the stock market crash.
Just because of his boring sense of justice, my house was surrounded by protesters again.
Hehe, remember to secretly film the contact scene, and once you get the word out, quietly leak the information."
"Ming, I understand, boss," Anthony said with some horror, feeling helpless at William's heavy desire for revenge, "There may be some expenses involved, do you think?"
"I only want results, and other things are not within my scope of consideration," William turned to look at Anthony, "Of course, the cost is reasonable."
"Okay, boss, I will look for connections in France when I get back. This director named Luther is very famous these days, so it shouldn't be too difficult."
Twenty minutes after the meeting was adjourned, the negotiations started again. Knowing William's bottom line, the negotiators from Yueshida didn't waste much time this time and made a separate offer of US$1.3 billion for the land plus castle and US$1.7 billion for cultural relics and antiques.
Of course, the people at the Bank of France did not agree with this price, and they hated the separate quotations.
Everyone knew in their hearts that the value of the land and the castle was actually very easy to estimate. If they were to quote separately, how could they kill William?
The two sides began to argue fiercely again. After listening to the arguments for a few minutes, it was all about antiques. This made William no longer interested in listening anymore, and said a few words to Anthony beside him.
I stood up and walked out of the meeting room. Anyway, the bottom line of the negotiation has been told to the people at Yuexida. It doesn't matter whether others are at the negotiating table now.