Chapter 871: Countermeasures against the Rothschild family

"Boss, this is the situation. An unknown company is also acquiring shares in the Philipp Brothers company. It is now certain that the other party has acquired at least 15% of the shares.'

Toby Moulton reported to Xia Yu with a grave face.

Toby Moulton had been on his guard when the first case had appeared, but the series of bad news that followed had made him uncomfortable.

According to the acquisition team's target shareholding statistics, the opponent had acquired more than 15% of the shares. If you also consider that some targets have not yet been approached, he is not sure how much the opponent has actually acquired.

He could only urgently deploy the company's acquisition team to immediately change their targets and acquire more shares before the opponent did.

Then he called his boss Xia Yu, which led to the current situation.

Xia Yu frowned slightly, pondering where the problem might be and who the unknown enemy was!

However, with the limited information available, the unknowns were too great, and it was difficult for him to determine the target.

Shaking his head slightly to come back to his senses, he wanted to ask Toby Moulton, 'Toby, how much equity has the company acquired so far?'

Toby Moulton reported quickly as if he knew the answer: 'At present, our shareholding has reached 61%. At the beginning, we acquired 27.4%, then we acquired 27.8% of the Philip family, and yesterday we acquired a total of 5.8% of the shares from two small shareholders.'

'61%...'

Xia Yu's brows relaxed as he chewed on the number.

Although it was still far from the goal of a full takeover, it was only 5.7% short of the two-thirds mark, which was not a big difference.

Since it was already done, he could only lower his expectations and prepare himself mentally.

However, considering the futures contracts that the Milky Way Fund had not yet sold, Xia Yu was relieved. He didn't quite believe that his opponent would dare to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the Philip Brothers.

The valuation of Philip Brothers is now close to falling below 100 million US dollars. The cost of buying the stock is very small, so it depends on whether the opponent has the ability to retain so much equity!

Thinking about this, Xia Yu instructed Toby Moulton, 'Toby, go all out to buy, it doesn't matter if you raise the price a little, but you must ensure that the company's shareholding exceeds 66.7%!

'And don't forget to investigate who the opponent is!'

Feeling the firm resolve in his boss's tone, Toby Moulton's face straightened and he nodded emphatically in agreement, 'Understood, I'll take care of it personally.'

Soon, Toby Moulton left the office at a hurried pace.

Xia Yu tapped his fingers on the table, his eyes narrowed slightly, and an inexplicable radiance shone in his gaze as one name after another flashed through his mind.

'Ring ring ring...'

Half an hour later, a hurried ringtone woke Xia Yu from his musings.

He picked up the receiver and was about to ask who was calling when a familiar voice came over the line. Xia Yu's face immediately brightened and he greeted the caller, 'Hello, Sir Carter.'

The caller was none other than Duke Carter Howard, which came as a surprise to Xia Yu. On second thought, this seemed to be the second time Duke Carter Howard had called him directly. Usually, anything important was conveyed through Elena or George Berkeley.

'You're lucky that you answered the phone, Xia Yu...'

As Duke Carter Howard continued to speak, Xia Yu's face gradually grew serious, and his attention became more and more focused, afraid of missing any information.

'Hmph! It really is them!'

After three minutes, Duke Carter Howard finally finished talking. Xia Yu pondered for ten seconds and said with certainty, 'Sir Carter, if what you're investigating is correct, then it is not possible that the Rothschild family wants to swallow up the Bank of Bahrain, but that they definitely want to do so.'

'The situation is that we are in the open, and the Rothschild family is hiding in the dark. Do you think that with just the two of us, it is possible to take over the entire Bank of Bahrain if it collapses?'

In Xia Yu's opinion, whether the Rothschild family directly took over the Bank of Bahrain or held a portion of the equity, it was not the result he wanted, nor was it the result Duke Carter Howard wanted.

The Rothschild family was involved in both the Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered Bank, which meant that his plan was not perfectly executed. He did not want the same thing to happen to Barings.

He believed that the Duke of Carter Howard, who was determined to expand the autonomy and strength of the Howard family in the financial sector, would definitely not want to see the Rothschild family come in, which would make it impossible to keep secrets and would make future actions impossible.

The old British aristocracy has never let down its guard against the Rothschilds!

'If the Rothschilds are also competing, it will be difficult to achieve our original goal if we rely on ourselves alone. We must find a partner who can make the decisive difference.'

The dull voice of Duke Carter Howard came over the receiver.

'Who?'

Xia Yu asked concisely.

'The royal family!'

Duke Carter Howard said again.

Xia Yu was stunned for a moment, thought carefully, and then nodded slowly,

'That's right. I'm sure the royal family wouldn't want to see the Bahraini bank fall into the hands of the Rothschild family.'

The Rothschild family is already the financial overlord of the United Kingdom. The Rothschild family controls Barclays Bank, which is now the largest bank in the United Kingdom. In addition, it also holds shares in banks such as HSBC, National Westminster Bank, Standard Chartered Bank, and Royal Bank of Scotland, so its influence is already huge!

If the Rothschild family were to swallow up the former top British bank, Barclays, there is a high probability that they would be able to save it, given their methods. Even if they were unable to, they would still be able to swallow up a large portion of Barclays' assets, making their position as financial overlords even more unassailable.

The balance of financial power in the UK would be extremely unbalanced!

Not to mention that the Bahraini bank is the royal family's preferred partner. Now that the royal family's large assets are managed by the Bahraini bank, if the Bahraini bank is taken away by the Rothschild family, the royal family will have to find a new partner for its large assets, and the royal family will not cooperate with the Rothschild family.

'So, Sir Carter, which member of the royal family do you intend to make our partner?'

Xia Yu asked immediately.

The receiver once again carried the words of the Duke of Carter Howard: 'Prince Philip!'

Xia Yu said without hesitation, 'This is a very good choice, Sir Carter, are you sure?'

'...'

After another half hour on the phone, Xia Yu hung up, and the smile at the corner of his mouth revealed that he was in a pretty good mood.

A moment ago, Duke Carter Howard had said that he was sure that he could get Prince Philip on board, use the power of the royal family, influence the Bank of England, the central bank of the United Kingdom, to intervene, and directly remove the Rothschild family from the competition.

Among the royal family, the Queen cannot get involved in royal business for the sake of her face and image, but her husband, Prince Philip, is not subject to such restrictions, not to mention the same means as a private company.

I believe that as long as Prince Philip is taken care of, the Queen is taken care of.

If you can cooperate with the royal family, the benefits for Xia Yu are more than just a little. He has plenty of ways to make the relationship even closer. When the relationship becomes inseparable, political and commercial interests will be easier to manipulate.

Therefore, Xia Yu wholeheartedly approved of this proposal from the Duke of Carter-Howard, and secretly hoped that the Duke of Carter-Howard would succeed.

In order to ensure success, the Duke of Carter-Howard even said that when the time came, he would even go to Barrett Balin in private to deal the Rothschild family a fatal blow.

It was believed that among the Rothschild family, the mastermind behind the scenes, their direct rivals the Howard family, and the Bright Foundation, Barrett Balin would hate the Rothschild family even more.

After all, if you look closely, it was Baring Bank that deliberately antagonised the Bright Foundation and the Howards, and the latter two were completely lawful and reasonable in their actions.

'Sir Carter is a capable partner. It seems that I don't need to worry about the UK anymore.'

'For now, let's deal with the US first. I'd like to know who this opponent is. Will it be a pleasant surprise? An accident? Or a shock?'