v3 Chapter 794： We came with friendship

"Tuk tuk!"

The quick knock on the door awakened George Berkeley, who was immersed in the documents. He frowned and looked out the door. He saw his subordinates were holding a document and looked at him anxiously.

"Bickley, what's the matter?"

Bickley’s subordinate walked in quickly and said hurriedly: "General Manager, something has happened. People from Barclays Bank have come to our company. They are now below. I have asked them to entertain them."

"As soon as they entered the door, they gave me the offer and didn't hide their intentions at all."

George Berkeley's eyes condensed, and he immediately took the takeover offer in Bickley's hand and looked at it carefully.

The more he looked down, his face became more solemn, his brows furrowed, and he did not hide his feelings at all. His mind was focused on thinking about the purpose of Barclays Bank.

After a long time, he took a deep breath, still planning to follow the instructions of his boss Xia Yu, and let Barclays Bank move first, and then respond according to their actions. If you can’t handle it later, it’s up to the boss Xia Yu to decide.

George Berkeley put the tender offer into a drawer, and Bikley ordered: "Go and ask Manager Elena to come, and then ask the people from Barclays Bank to come up."

At this time, you still have to move out the great gods in the company, and even if it can play a little role, it would be great if Elena can take the initiative to use the relationship of the Howard family to help.

George Berkeley knew everything about Elena's ambiguous relationship with her boss, Xia Yu, but he pretended to ignore it, and never directed Elena with the attitude of treating her subordinates.

In George Berkeley's mind, even setting aside the relationship with the boss, Elena is a golden sign of the company because of her family background. In many cases, as long as others know, complex things can often be simplified.

In the UK, the Howard family's signature is really good!

"Okay, I will go now!"

Bickley responded immediately and walked out quickly.

George Berkeley cleared his desk, closed his eyes and pondered, typing in his mind to better deal with the unexpected guests of Barclays Bank.

Soon, the glorious Elena came to the office. George Berkeley quickly told her about the situation. Elena's expression became serious and she found a place to sit down and waited for the people from Barclays Bank to come.

"It turned out to be him!"

A series of footsteps sounded, and when the big-headed man appeared in the field of vision, George Berkeley's pupils shrank, and his vigilance rose sharply.

The person he knew was Thomson Joyce, the executive vice president of Barclays Bank, and the senior executive of Barclays Bank.

Considering the strength of Barclays Bank, Thomson Joyce's status and social influence are above him.

Generally, the normal acquisition of stocks is led by middle-level staff, and seldom will be brought forward by senior executives with real power. Now Barclays Bank is uncharacteristically, George Berkeley has to think more.

"Mr. Thomson, I didn't expect it to be you, please sit down!"

"Mr. George, Ms. Elena, hello!"

...

After greeting each other, the two parties sat down on the sofa face to face, and Bikley and others immediately made coffee.

Because of the sudden appearance of Barclays Bank, Bright Fund’s plan to acquire the two banks could not be completed perfectly. George Berkeley was embarrassed to call Xia Yu, so he did not have the slightest impression of Barclays Bank, even though Thomson Joyce came to the door , His attitude is also very cold.

If the robber comes home, he can drink coffee. It is impossible to want his good face!

Seeing George Berkeley’s indifferent attitude and looking at Elena’s calm face again, Thomson Joyce had expected it, he didn’t care, smiled and said directly: "Mr. George, I don’t know what I just gave Have you seen the letter from your company employee."

George Berkeley was expressionless and nodded slightly: "I saw it."

After two words, there is no more text.

Thomson Joyce nodded and said again: "That's good, I also know that Manager George has a lot of things, so I just said it directly."

"I know that Bright Fund owns a large share of Royal Bank of Scotland, and I hope to buy some from you."

George Berkeley raised his brow, and a deep doubt rose in his heart.

Buy some equity?

What Thomson Joyce said was too weird and completely different from what he expected.

He thought that Barclays Bank wanted to acquire all the shares held by Bright Fund. He didn't expect that it would only acquire part of it. What did Barclays Bank want to do?

Although he was puzzled, George Berkeley did not show it. He resolutely refused: "I'm sorry, our company has no plans to sell Royal Bank of Scotland stock, even if it is just one share, it will not be sold!"

Elena suddenly said: "Mr. Thomson, in fact, our family is planning to visit Barclays Bank. We heard that Barclays Bank has shares in Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. I wonder if it can be sold to the Howard family? "

Elena's words gave Thomson Joyce's face a moment of astonishment. He didn't expect Elena to say that.

He frowned slightly, looked at Elena and asked, "Ms. Elena, do I know if this is yours or your father's?"

Just as George Berkeley raised his heart slightly, Elena didn't change her face and said without hesitation: "Of course my father meant it."

George Berkeley's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he couldn't help but look at Elena with admiration, and he was also emotional.

He didn't talk to Elena just now, and now Elena is completely autonomous. This will directly move Duke Howard out. I don't know if Duke Howard knows if he will look helpless.

Thomson Joyce, who was unsure of the true or false, frowned for a while, and directly refused: "Ms. Elena, I'm sorry, Barclays does not intend to sell the shares of the two banks."

Just when George Berkeley wanted to speak, Elena took the lead, and she responded directly: "Mr. Thomson, our company is the same! We don't lack this money!"

George Berkeley cheered secretly and gave Elena a sharp counterattack with a thumbs up.

He also resolutely said: "Mr. Thomson, I'm really sorry, our company doesn't need money, and it's not enough to sell stocks to survive."

I can't talk about this topic!

Thomson Joyce was choked uncomfortably, and his subordinates who came with him looked at each other, and just wanted to speak out to save face for his boss.

I saw Thomson Joyce's face straightened and said solemnly: "Ms. Irene, Mr. George, don't be too vigilant, we are here with friendship."

"We just want to acquire 5% of the shares of Royal Bank of Scotland. Bright Fund has no experience in operating a bank. As the largest bank in the UK, Barclays Bank has the strength and experience to cooperate with Bright Fund."

"We don't want to take the Royal Bank of Scotland from you, all we want is cooperation!"

Five percent equity?

George Berkeley and Elena looked at each other, neither of them understood what Thomson Joyce wanted to do.

George Berkeley does not believe what Thomson Joyce said.

The financial industry has only benefits. How can friendship be said that Thomson Joyce really treats him as a fool?

George Berkeley pointedly said: "Mr. Thomson, you don't have to tell me these hypocritical words. I still said that. We will not sell a single share of Royal Bank of Scotland."

"Barclays Bank is the largest bank in the UK, and Royal Bank of Scotland is just a small bank located in Scotland. It is of no use to you. These days, what is the purpose of you jumping out to compete with us for equity?"

Thomson Joyce evaded: "There is no purpose, just optimistic about the future of Royal Bank of Scotland. If you didn't do it in advance, maybe the entire bank would be acquired by us."

"We just want to buy 5% of the equity. If you can't be the master, you might as well tell your boss what we mean. If he can come to London, that would be great."

"It seems that we are not here today, so next time, I hope you will consider it carefully."

Before going out, Thomson Joyce stopped and once again solemnly left a meaningful sentence: "We are really here with friendship, I hope you don't misunderstand!"

After people sent Thomson Joyce away, the atmosphere in the office was somewhat depressed.

After a long time, Elena got up and said to George Berkeley: "General Manager, this is a strange matter. I don't think it is a simple business matter. Let me tell the boss. Barclays seems to want the boss to come to London."

George Berkeley also noticed something wrong.

He took a deep breath nodded and said, "This matter is beyond my authority and can only be reported to the boss."

George Berkeley had been waiting at the company. When the difference in the eastern part of the United States was only daylight, he dialed Xia Yu's home in Seattle.

...

Seattle, USA, at 8 am, Xia Yu received a call from George Berkeley.

After listening to his detailed report, Xia Yu thought for a long time and decided to go to London.

George Berkeley told Xia Yu exactly what Thomson Joyce said before he left.

Hearing that sentence, Xia Yu was already certain that it was the Rohill family who was behind the scenes.

As for the true purpose of the Roshir family, although he had guesses in his heart, he was not sure yet.

But things have happened to such an extent, he just doesn't want to go.

Only by figuring out the true purpose of the Rohill family can he be able to respond in a targeted manner.

"George, you have to be vigilant these days and manage the company well. I will talk about everything when I come. Let's do this first!"

After speaking, Xia Yu hung up.

After sitting in the living room and thinking for more than ten minutes, he made a few calls to Yan Shining and asked him to arrange his work, and immediately brought some capable energy to London.

At the same time, he also asked Yan Shining to contact Ma Qianjun and convey some of his instructions.

Some things he had to guard against, after all, the Rohill family had a lot of dark history.

After explaining the matter, Xia Yu first returned to New York and explained something to Peter Lynch and Yan Wenhan.

In the morning two days later, Xia Yu boarded a plane to London at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.

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