v3 Chapter 1487： we act as white knights

Gani Agnelli had already lit a cigar as Jakob Rosier narrated.

He took a sharp breath and exhaled a ring of smoke, and Jacob Rothier's words were affirmative.

"Jacob is right, Europe is our Europe!"

Peter Wallenberg said slowly: "This is definitely true, but everyone is watching the current situation."

"The Rockefeller Consortium, Morgan Consortium, Mellon Consortium, North Star Consortium and other forces in the United States have launched a fierce attack, and other American consortiums have also stepped in."

"These consortium capital in the United States alone is enough to compete with the whole of Europe before us."

"The Sumitomo Consortium in the island country and the Jiuding Consortium in East Asia are not inferior to the top ten consortia in the United States."

“And now there are dozens of top-tier financial institutions that are seriously undermined.”

"Fighting is still taking place within Europe. We want to prevent the enemy from entering, which is very difficult and risky!"

In the end, Peter Wallenberg couldn't help but glance at Jacob Rosier, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.

Although the capital markets of other countries in Europe are also in chaos, there is still a degree.

The most serious is the United Kingdom. The forces headed by the Bright Foundation, the Howard family, and the Chinese business consortium are constantly fighting capital wars with the Rothier family, and other family consortia are actively or forced to participate.

London is also one of the financial centers in Europe, and many European companies are listed on the London Stock Exchange.

The British capital and financial markets were in chaos, and the war inevitably spread everywhere.

The source is actually in the Rohir family!

"Yeah, strong fortresses are often the first to be broken from the inside!" Karl Frick couldn't help but sigh.

Although everyone intentionally or unintentionally said that it was the responsibility of the Rothier family, Jacob Rothier was not angry or justified.

Instead, he expressed his opinion quite agreeably: "Everyone is right, now there are external contradictions and internal contradictions coexisting."

"With our strength weakened, we must first focus on finding a breakthrough point."

"My idea is to resolve internal conflicts first, eliminate a few leading traitors, and other forces will not dare to wait and see. Only after we integrate the strength of Europe can we fight a protracted war with external enemies."

"We have local advantages. Over time, governments of various countries will definitely be able to formulate protection policies, and the enemy will definitely retreat slowly."

Everyone is not stupid, how can they not hear the meaning of Jacob Rothier's words?

Jiayou Agnelli's tone was a little low, and he said with a little dissatisfaction: "Jacob, if the Bright Consortium was destroyed so easily, your Jacob family would have wiped it out long ago."

"Let's not talk about other things now, the Bright Fund raised nearly 13 billion pounds half a month ago, plus the original liquidity, conservatively 15 billion pounds, and then annexed S·G·Warburg. The company's investment banking business has further strong capital."

"Not to mention first-class banks such as HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, Chinese Commercial Bank, and Barings Bank under the Bright Consortium."

"A consortium with tens of billions of pounds of liquidity in hand, what are we going to do to eliminate it? By saliva?"

Victor Hohenzollern couldn't help but snarled: "Yes, throughout history, I have never seen a company collapsed with extremely abundant capital. This is unrealistic."

"I think, any of us here, in terms of cash flow, can't compare to the Bright Consortium now!"

"The foundation of the Guangming Consortium is already very deep. To fight them, we are going to fight a protracted war, and it is a protracted war in which neither side has a policy advantage."

"Of course, I'm not completely opposed to Jacob's opinion, and resolving internal conflicts should indeed be a priority."

"It's just that I think we should focus on alleviating conflicts and integrating forces as much as possible."

"This time it's us people discussing here, and I hope the number of people will grow by leaps and bounds next time."

After listening to Victor Hohenzollern's opinion, everyone started to think.

After thinking for a moment, Saron Francisco couldn't help but say, "Then let's integrate some companies first?"

Swish!

Everyone looked at him.

Facing the eyes of everyone, Saron Francisco felt uncomfortable, the corners of his mouth couldn't help twitching, and he said embarrassingly, "Or think of another way?"

"Do not!"

Jacob Rosier narrowed his eyes and shook his head.

When Saron Francisco was blinded, he only heard Jacob Rosier continue: "In fact, we should compete with the enemy to integrate power, such as mergers and acquisitions of some companies, to strengthen our power."

Peter Wallenberg seemed a little hesitant, because he had just taken over the family for more than four years, and he already had a relatively clear direction for the family's development strategy, which is currently being implemented.

Of course, he is also envious of some companies, and he knows that this is a very rare opportunity, but he is worried that the step is too big, which will affect the original plan of the family and bring more unknown risks.

On the contrary, Gani Agnelli showed a smile and was very supportive of Jacob Rosier's attitude: "In the attack on Hong Kong alone, more than 20 financial institutions were seriously damaged, and now they are all in In a crisis, these institutions are first-class institutions nationally or European-wide.”

"Bright Fund's annexation of S.G. Huabao's investment banking business has made Bright Fund's strength soar."

"If other institutions are also successfully acquired by the enemy, especially the Morgan consortium and the Rockefeller consortium, then relying on the foundation of these institutions in Europe, the Morgan consortium and the Rockefeller consortium will soon be able to stabilize the front line, which is absolutely a disaster for us!"

"Now these institutions are still vigorously resisting, but they are already at an absolute disadvantage."

"If we show up as white knights, I think these institutions will definitely welcome us."

"and!"

"We must act fast, otherwise more and more shareholders of those institutions will surrender, but if they are acquired by us, their confidence will be completely different!"

After listening to the others, their expressions changed.

You must know that companies such as Cerberus Capital Corporation, Schroders Group, Dutch Deep Sea Fund, etc., are many old-fashioned financial institutions with a history of more than 100 years. The equity held by these institutions is called a miscellaneous.

Perhaps an institution holds too few shares to pose a threat to a company's ownership, nor enough leverage.

But if the equity in the hands of these institutions is integrated, UU Kanshu would be amazing!

If these institutions are all taken over by the enemy like S.G. Warburg, as long as the enemies exchange and integrate equity with each other, many top European companies will be unlucky, dragged into the flames of war, and burned to their backyards inside.

And if these institutions are taken down by their own side, then there are simply not too many.

For example, the control of the Rothier family and the Agnelli family over many companies will greatly increase, and there will be new expansions, and the defensive front and firepower will also increase.

only…

"Ghani, your reasoning is correct, but if we take out funds for mergers and acquisitions, even if we successfully acquire some institutions, our liquidity will not necessarily increase, and may even decrease."

"Our comprehensive combat effectiveness will not necessarily improve, the defensive front will be further stretched, and we may even face more risks!"

Peter Wallenberg raised his concerns.