v3 Chapter 1069： Duke Howard

"I know!"

"Have you collected all the information about the French banking industry?"

Xia Yu nodded slightly, and then asked again.

George Berkeley immediately said: "Yes, the "Banker" magazine under the Financial Times Group is the most professional information collection and analysis platform in the global banking industry. Last month I asked them to specially organize the French banking information."

"However, now that more than a month has passed, there may be some changes. Give me a few days and I will ask the Financial Times Group to adjust the data to the latest situation."

"Well, yes, collect it and you can give it to me!"

Xia Yu showed a smile, nodded and said.

George Berkeley was silent for a moment. Seeing that Xia Yu didn't speak any more, he asked, "Boss, what about the second telecommunications company? What should I do?"

Xia Yu thought for a while and said, "This matter mainly depends on the attitude of the government. Let me try. You are ready to negotiate and wait for my instructions at any time."

"Ok!"

George Berkeley immediately obediently responded.

Speaking of telecommunications companies, Xia Yu thought of Great Eastern Telecom, which had been privatized before, and he asked about the company's current status.

"George, after the partial privatization of Dadong Telecom, what is the situation now?"

There was a flash of memory in George Berkeley's eyes, he pondered for a long time, sorted out his thoughts, and said from an appropriate angle: "Boss, although the largest shareholder is still the government, the government does not interfere with the company's operations, but just Supervisory role."

"In the past five months, the company has changed its management on a large scale, and has completed layoffs of 30%. In the third quarter, revenue and profits have not declined. Everything is moving in a good direction."

"Although Dadong Telecom still has 12% of the shares in the hands of others, the development of the company mainly depends on the will of us and the Howard family, and we occupy a more important position. Prince Philip basically does not care about this. The other families can't get involved..."

With George Berkeley's eloquent words, the corners of Xia Yu's mouth slowly conjured up.

It seems that Dadong Telecom Company mainly implements the will of Bright Fund.

But think about it.

The second largest shareholder of Dadong Telecom is the Bank of Barings, which holds 20% of the shares.

Then the third largest shareholder is Standard Chartered Bank, which holds 12%.

The fourth largest shareholder is Bright Fund, which holds 7%.

In addition to the 49% held by the government, the remaining 12% of the equity is dispersed in the hands of other families and companies.

Among the four largest shareholders of the Bank of Barings, although the largest shareholder is the Howard family's Locke Fund, which holds 35 percent of the shares.

But the second largest shareholder is Jiuding Bank holds 25%.

The remaining Bright Fund and Prince Philip’s Black Rose Capital each have 20%.

In fact, Xia Yu's party holds 45% of the shares.

Although the Howard family is now mainly operating the Bank of Bahrain, he can still take the lead in Dadong Telecom.

But after all, Dadong Telecom Company is not absolutely controlled by him. The government has 49% of the remaining shares. When the next privatization, he will not dare to win 100% of the tickets, so Dadong Telecom is owned It's not clear.

Therefore, the best way is to use the existing rights to complete the strategic deployment as much as possible first, so that stability is the top priority!

After thinking about this, Xia Yu said to George Berkeley: "George, Dadong Telecom also holds 45.7% of the shares in the Xiangjiang branch. Now my company in Xiangjiang has only acquired 30%. The 1.3 equity is still 35.4% short of Absolute Holdings."

"I give you a task to let Dadong Telecom Company transfer the shares of Xiangjiang Branch as soon as possible. There is no need to transfer all of it. A small part can be left as a bond of cooperation, but at least 35.4% of the shares must be transferred. , I need to absolutely control the branch of Xiangjiang, which involves strategic planning."

"Can it be done?"

George Berkeley frowned, thought about it, nodded heavily, and said: "Boss, this is a certain difficulty, but I will do my best!"

"that's OK!"

"On the telecommunications side, these two things I said."

"Do you have any other questions?"

Xia Yu asked with a smile.

"Boss, I have something to report to you..."

Next, George Berkeley talked about some work matters, and Xia Yu could answer or promise to solve it on the spot...

In the afternoon, Xia Yu specifically called Duke Carter Howard and made an appointment to visit him at his home at noon the next day.

During the rest of the time, Xia Yu went to the China Commercial Bank and met Wu Hongyi, who was very pleasantly surprised, and held a banquet for Xia Yu in the evening.

The next morning, Henry went back to school, and Xia Yu took Elena to the Howard family castle.

At about eleven o'clock, Xia Yu arrived at the destination, just in time to see Duke Carter Howard watering the flowers leisurely, without any airs.

Seeing Xia Yu and his daughter Elena and others coming over, Duke Carter Howard immediately put down the watering can, with a spoiled smile on his face, and said happily: "Oh God, my dear Elena is back. It’s so happy. Day!"

"Dad, long time no see, I miss you so much!"

Seeing the warm scene of the father and daughter, Xia Yu didn't rush over to disturb him, but stopped and smiled and watched.

After a long time, Duke Carter Howard finally looked at Xia Yu, walked towards Xia Yu with a smile, and stretched out his hand.

"Mr. Xia, long time no see!"

"Sir Carter, long time no see!"

...

After a brief greeting, Xia Yu walked into the castle and came to the magnificent living room at the greeting of Duke Carter Howard.

The servant made tea for Xia Yu and Elena, and also made coffee for Duke Carter Howard.

Looking at the tea in the cup in front of Elena, Duke Carter Howard asked his daughter in surprise: "Elena, when will you drink green tea?"

Elena smiled softly, blinked her eyes and said softly: "Dad, I have liked green tea for more than half a year. I think green tea is better than coffee."

Duke Carter Howard was a little surprised: "More than half a year?"

"Then why didn't you tell Dad when you came home, every time you drink coffee like me, I don't know your hobbies anymore, hey..."

In the end, Duke Carter Howard glanced at the tea in Xia Yu's cup, and suddenly a sense of crisis and depression rose in his heart.

He suddenly saw Xia Yu not pleasing to his eyes.

Seeing Duke Carter Howard's sharp eyes and feeling that he seemed to be hostile, Xia Yu was a bit inexplicable at first.

But he immediately reacted, embarrassed in his heart. On the surface, he watched his nose and nose, and looked at the tea cup in the cup without squinting. It seemed that he could see the flowers, as if he had not found the hostility of Duke Carter Howard.

The meticulous Elena noticed that her father seemed to have emotions just like a child. She was kind and funny, and of course there was still a hint of shyness in her heart.

My father seems to have discovered something, what should I do?

When she thought about it, she immediately said with a soft smile: "Dad, because when I came back before, no one would drink coffee with you if I didn't drink coffee. Of course I don't drink tea!"

"Today is different, Xia Yu came to our house, UU reading , he is my boss and a guest of our family. I am like him and green tea, which represents our family’s welcome to him."

Elena's words not only surprised Xia Yu, but also surprised her father Sir Carter.

After a while, Duke Carter Howard said with some taste: "Elena, there is nothing wrong with welcoming Mr. Xia."

"However, it seems the first time I have seen you say such things..."

After speaking, Duke Carter Howard gave his daughter a meaningful look. Elena's pretty face couldn't help but a blush, her eyes flickering.

This affirmed Duke Carter Howard's conjecture even more, and his eyes on Xia Yu became sharper.

No father likes the cabbage raised by outsiders. Duke Carter Howard thinks that this is the common ground of every father and has nothing to do with reason.

The mentality changed, even with a little impatient tone, and directly asked Xia Yu's intentions.

"Mr. Xia, did you come to England this time for what?"

"Is it the new telecommunications company?"

In fact, it was the cabbage of other people's homes, so facing the impatient Duke Carter Howard, Xia Yu was full of patience.

No matter what you can do, I will deal with it with Tai Chi.

He ignored Sir Carter's emotions and nodded with a smile: "This is one of the reasons, and it is also the most urgent matter at present."

"I heard George talk about the details of this matter yesterday, so I came to visit you today to see if there is a suitable and effective way."

"After all, although new telecommunications companies have to build from scratch, the prospects for the telecommunications market are very bright. This is a very attractive cake."

PS: I'm sorry, there is no holiday at all this weekend. The census will officially start next week. The preparations have led to continuous overtime work, so I can't find empty code words, embarrassing