Chapter 1482: Just do it!

London, UK.

George Berkeley also keenly perceived the changing situation.

Plus, he had received orders from Chairman Xia Yu.

He immediately gathered his subordinates to discuss adjustment plans and more vigorously relaxed the authority, even if this would increase more costs!

But at this time, in order to quickly achieve the acquisition goal, he did not care about some monetary gains and losses.

The most important thing is to get the company you want as soon as possible!

...

Xia Yu had a certain reason for letting George Berkeley acquire the Schroder Group.

More than 20 European institutions had previously cooperated to short the Hong Kong capital market, and although the Schroder Group was not the one that contributed the most, it was among the first.

And compared to other institutions, the Schroder Group was also the most familiar with Hong Kong, and could be called the vanguard of the Air Force Corps!

In 1971, the Schroder Group established a subsidiary, Baoyuan Investment Management (Hong Kong) Company, with the goal of establishing a foothold in Hong Kong and radiating out across Asia.

Relying on the Schroder Group's complex network of relationships accumulated over more than 170 years and its formidable strength, Baoyuan Investment Management has developed very rapidly.

The shareholders of major British companies in Hong Kong, and even many Chinese companies, can be seen in the ranks of Baoyuan Investment Management.

For example, Xia Yu's previous acquisition of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited, he was one of the major shareholders with over 5% of the shares.

In the past, when Xia Yu was hunting British financial groups, he had a lot of dealings with Baoyuan Investment Management Company, and it also made a lot of money for him.

If Xia Yu did not intervene, then according to the normal trajectory, Baoyuan Investment Management Company would have managed more than 150 billion US dollars of capital in later generations!

Just the amount of capital managed would have accounted for more than half of the entire Schroder Group's share.

Although Xia Yu was the reason that many potential companies and markets in Xiangjiang and even Asia were dominated by the Jiuding consortium,

the development of Baoyuan Investment Management Company has been affected.

However, it is undeniable that this subsidiary, which has been in development for more than ten years, still has a strong influence in Asia and is a pivotal subsidiary of the Schroder Group.

Xia Yu is not worried about Baoyuan Investment Management Company being in the hands of the Schroder family.

However, if the Schroder Group and Baring Private Equity were to be taken over by the Rothschild family, or any other top European family, then it would still be possible to stir up trouble.

Although it would not be able to pose a major threat to Xia Yu, it would still be able to trouble him and distract him.

Therefore, naturally Xia Yu wanted to eliminate such a hidden danger.

Of course, this was not the main reason why he was targeting the Schroder Group.

The main consideration

was that in addition to its strong influence in the UK, the Schroder Group also had considerable influence in West Germany.

After all, the Schroder Group was originally founded in Hamburg, Germany.

Although the headquarters was later moved to the UK, the German market was still not abandoned.

It can be said that, within Europe, the West German market is the second focus of the Schroder Group.

And this is precisely what Xia Yu values most!

However,

The acquisition of this company was not so smooth.

Even if it was Curtis Dubois, the acquisition expert who had successfully acquired the investment banking business of G.S. Warburg!

Curtis Dubois hurried to the outside of George Berkeley's office, knocked on the door and walked in.

George Berkeley, who was inside the room, saw his serious expression and frowned.

'Curtis, things are not going well?'

Curtis DiBoa sat down on the stool opposite George Berkeley and, after calming his breathing, said in a low voice: 'Yes, Eric Schroeder's attitude has changed dramatically.'

'Before, his resistance was very firm, but today his attitude softened. I thought there was hope, but we were just talking about useless things.'

'I sensed that something was wrong, and after investigating, I found out that there was a troublemaker. Eric Schroeder met with Saron Francisco!'

'Now, with the help of Eric Schroder, Salen Francisco is trying to buy a stake in the Schroder Group!'

George Berkeley suddenly sat up straight and his expression became very serious.

As the president of the Bright Fund, he was well informed about the heads of major European conglomerates and families.

He had never expected that the day before, he had lamented that the Rothschild family had come out of nowhere and taken over Theros Capital from the Morgan family.

The next day, the Francisco family came and snatched the food from them!

You can take it lightly when you're just watching, but when the same thing happens to you, it's infuriating.

What's more, one of his subordinates just came to report another piece of bad news to him.

The Warburg family has come out and intervened in the Bright Fund's takeover battle against the National Westminster Bank.

Two consecutive prey have been targeted by others, as if they, the Bright Fund, were made of mud!

Thinking about this,

George Berkeley's eyes flashed with cold light, and he ordered coldly, 'Curtis, since there are enemies blocking our plans, then just use money to overwhelm them and stun all those shareholders in the Schroder Group.'

'Take as much of the shares as possible before the Schroder family wakes up and forcefully kill our way in.'

'At that time, directly threaten Eric Schroder. If he doesn't surrender, we would rather destroy the Schroder Group. We can afford the cost, it's up to him to see if he can afford it!'

Curtis Dubois's heart sank, his face changed, and after hesitating for a moment, he asked, 'President, if that's the case, our acquisition costs will be high, and the losses will not be low.'

George Berkeley said with a firm attitude and without doubt, 'Just do as I say. The losses from acquiring the Schroeder Group will be made up for elsewhere!'

Curtis Debois had a whole series of questions running through his mind, but he didn't dare ask about higher-level strategies. After taking a deep breath, he got up and replied, 'I understand. I'll get started right away!'

After saying this, he immediately walked outside.

He watched Curtis Debois leave and close the door.

George Berkeley walked over to the safe, operated it a little, and took out a notebook from inside. He returned to his desk.

He quickly flipped to the latest page.

It contained information about West Germany, Italy, Spain and other countries.

These were the instructions he had received from Xia Yuhou.

He had been pondering how to break the deadlock.

Now he didn't have to worry about it, as the enemy had already made the choice for him.

The Spanish Francisco family and the Swedish Wallenberg family had directly taken sides against them.

Although this was not a head-on conflict involving the foundations of the Bright Foundation,

But at this time, standing on the side of the Rothschild family and actively competing with the Bright Foundation is the enemy!

Soon, George Berkeley asked his secretary to gather some people for a meeting to discuss some strategies against these two forces.

Then, he dialed the encrypted satellite line connected to Xia Yu to report the specific situation and his thoughts to Xia Yu.

'...Chairman, this is the specific situation, please give me instructions!'

In the office, George Berkeley covered the receiver and waited with bated breath.

'Just do it!'

After a few seconds, Xia Yu's light words came over the receiver, but they made George Berkeley's smile spread completely.

'Understood!'

The decisive and high-pitched voice echoed through the office...