I want to be a giant of Hong Kong Island

Chapter 649 [Hidden Enemy]

In early April, Wu Guangyao set off for Hong Kong Island.

After Wu Guangyao left London, Keira immediately formed a team to prepare for the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank.

Standard Chartered Bank is an established bank with a market value of 8.2 million pounds (20 billion US dollars) at this time, and it is an out-and-out 'big' bank;
The history of Standard Chartered Bank dates back to 1853. Because of the English original meaning of the word "Standard Chartered", it was established under the charter of Queen Victoria;
In 1858, Standard Chartered Bank opened its first branch in Calcutta (India), followed by Mumbai and Shanghai;
In 1859, Hong Kong Branch and Singapore Branch were established successively;

In 1900, became the first foreign bank licensed to operate in New York;

In 1957, Standard Chartered acquired Bank of the Orient, which allowed it to open branches in Yemen, Beirut, Cyprus, Lebanon, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates.

In 1969, Standard Chartered and Standard Bank merged to form Standard Chartered, a listed company; Standard Bank is a bank with many branches in Africa (most of which are not profitable).

In 1972, Standard Chartered acquired three banks in the United States and further expanded its business.

So far, Standard Chartered Bank has spread all over the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and other regions, and is a full-fledged multinational bank.

For this acquisition, Kayla is full of confidence;
At this time, Kayla has acquired 12% of the shares of Standard Chartered Bank through multiple channels;
Of course, the 12% of Standard Chartered shares will not have much effect on the acquisition.

In his previous life, Bao Yugang spent 1986 billion Hong Kong dollars in 20 to buy 15% of the shares of Standard Chartered Bank and became the major shareholder of Standard Chartered Bank in one fell swoop;
But as a result, even the management of Standard Chartered Bank did not enter, and they were given the title of vice chairman.

Therefore, the minimum goal of this acquisition is to obtain absolute control, and even privatization can be adopted;
In short, the management rights of Standard Chartered Bank must be obtained!
In mid-April, a consortium composed of Metro Group, Lufeng Motor, and the Kaila family officially launched the acquisition of Standard Chartered Bank;
Acquire no less than 50% of the shares of Standard Chartered Bank at a premium of 50%.

For a time, it caused an outrageous disturbance in the UK!
The Metro Group is a retail giant, and Kayla won the titles of the richest woman in the world and the richest man in the UK by virtue of the Metro Group;

The Lufeng Automobile Group has been one of the most eye-catching business groups in the United Kingdom in the past two years, claiming to change the status quo of British automobiles with US$30 billion.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing is Keira herself, the 'Queen' of the British business world!
Standard Chartered Bank Headquarters
Sanchez, President of Standard Chartered Bank, led a group of high-level executives to meet Kaila and his party.

"Ms. Keira, is this a hostile takeover?" Sanchez said in a deep voice. Facing the powerful acquisition team, Sanchez felt a little scary.

A retail giant that can spend US$30 billion to integrate the British auto industry and US$10 billion to participate in the privatization of the UK does not need to prove her strength.

Kaila said with a smile: "Hostile takeover, goodwill takeover, it all depends on the meaning of the top management of Standard Chartered Bank! For us, this is responsible for all shareholders."

Sanchez sneered: "Responsible for shareholders? Ms. Keira, you sounded good!"

Keira responded: "It's natural. Standard Chartered Bank's performance has stagnated in the past few years, so it naturally needs new capital injection! Moreover, we bought Standard Chartered Bank at a premium of 50% because of sincerity."

A senior executive interjected: "Since she is sincere, why doesn't Ms. Keira give up the acquisition and just strategically invest in Standard Chartered Bank, then we welcome it with both hands."

As an acquisition consultant, Peter Lynch answered this question for Keira: "Standard Chartered Bank is not only short of funds, but needs to make changes! As the management of Standard Chartered Bank, you should know that Standard Chartered Bank has problems."

Someone retorted: "But you are not bankers, why can Standard Chartered Bank change in your hands!"

Kaila said confidently: "Although I am not a banker, you are professionals; what Standard Chartered Bank lacks is not management talents, but a soul person who brings new ideas to Standard Chartered Bank."

When some people saw Kaila say this, they were immediately happy, because the subconscious meaning of this sentence was that after Kaila took over Standard Chartered Bank, she would still reuse everyone.

In the end, Sanchez said: "This matter is very big, we need to hold a board meeting to discuss it!"

Kaila said with a smile: "Of course, we are here this time, just to let you know, we need everyone to be prepared!"

When the team led by Kaila was lobbying the shareholders of Standard Chartered Bank, someone was planning on Kaila.

In the large manor of the Rothschild family, several core members of the Rothschild family are gathering.

The patriarch of the Rothschild family, William Rothschild, pressed his right hand on the scepter, moving his palm from time to time, stroking it naturally;

Looking at several core members of the family, William Rothschild said: "This woman is already strong enough. If she enters the financial industry again, I am worried that our interests will be endangered. The important thing is that there is a genius behind her, A better man than John D. Rockefeller and Ponte Morgan."

Everyone looked serious, and a core member of the family named York Rothschild said, "That's right! That person is not only good at running real businesses, but also very good at finance; according to our investigation, during the gold boom period from 1979 to 1980, he was at least After throwing away 40 billion pounds worth of gold futures, as for the profit, it is expected to be at least 20 billion pounds. Not only that, he also made a lot of profits on oil futures.”

What these people don't know is that Wu Guangyao made a profit of 300 billion US dollars through spot gold. As for gold futures, which are scattered on the world's three major exchanges, no one knows the specific profit.

William Rothschild nodded and said: "Not only that, have you found out, the information we have learned is that the family office speculates in futures and always makes profits in major international events. If this is a Prediction, everyone can think about how long it takes to make a profit. At this point, it seems that our family does not have this ability!"

"Unfortunately, he has already grown up, otherwise we would kill him in the cradle no matter what!"

If Wu Guangyao heard these words here, he would immediately spit on these people, what the hell!
It is too difficult for a businessman to kill Wu Guangyao's growth;

It should be noted that Wu Guangyao did not start his fortune with finance, but with industry;
When Wu Guangyao entered the financial field, he was already an influential figure in the world, and the layout of the world had already taken shape;

At that time, even if the British government attacked Wu Guangyao, it definitely did not have the strength;

As early as the 60s, Wu Guangyao had already become the "Chinese Governor" of Hong Kong. If the Wu family was attacked for no reason, there would be great turmoil in Hong Kong;

And Wu Guangyao can immigrate to Japan, Singapore and other places where the British have little influence, even if he immigrates to the United States, the British can only stare blankly.

A core named Chuck Rothschild said: "So, are we going to prevent the Keira family from acquiring Standard Chartered Bank? Don't forget that Ms. Keira is not easy to mess with. She owns the UK's largest law firm. , she and Prime Minister Thatcher are good friends, and more importantly, in the eyes of the British people, she is a "heroine hero". Even her eldest son is the biggest supporter of the US president and the king of the world's media "

Everyone immediately felt a headache!

At this time, the Rothschild family was no longer in the era of the Sixth Empire, and they were guarded by the British nobles, so they still had the ability to make waves in Britain;

And even in the prosperous age of the Sixth Empire, the Rothschild family couldn't control the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family, and even made these two families shady, causing the population of the Rothschild family to drop sharply;

At that time, the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family secretly supported Mustache's development in the fields of politics and economy, and with the help of Mustache, overthrew the Rothschild family's Sixth Empire;

Since then, this huge family has been silent.

Of course, the so-called silence is nothing more than concealing the industry;
For example, the current Barclays Bank in the UK is secretly controlled by the Rothschild family.

The Rothschild family is also present in big banks such as HSBC and Deutsche Bank;
The Rothschild family controlled the London gold market. Gu Guangyao made a lot of profits from it, which made them feel terrible.

However, for that kind of skyrocketing gold price, even a country's government is powerless to suppress it, let alone a defeated family.

William Rothschild pondered for a moment, and said: "It is really inappropriate to establish such an enemy, an enemy that people can't grasp. In this case, we can also infiltrate Standard Chartered Bank, so that we can monitor at any time, as long as we catch If you hold the handle, you can kill yourself!"

Chuck Rothschild echoed: "Not bad! It seems that the Keira family bid is very high (50% premium), but there are many shareholders of Standard Chartered Bank who will not be blinded by the immediate interests, and the acquisition will not go smoothly. If we Then secretly buy some stocks and increase our shareholding from 3% to about 10%; then we will be able to obtain the largest say in Standard Chartered Bank with the least amount of shares.”

Everyone agreed to this method of operation. The Rothschild family is a financial family, and they don't need to control too many shares to have a great say in a bank.

The important thing is that they are more afraid of Keira than Wu Guangyao!
She is a good sister of the British female prime minister, her son is the biggest supporter of the US president, and she also has a law firm in her hand;

Not only that, the Keira family also controls the media, which is also a very powerful force.

If Keira has been insisting on business, the Rothschild family will not offend such a person at all;

Once industry + bank, this will have too much impact on the old financial family, so some obstacles have to be set up;

Of course, there will be no direct confrontation.

(End of this chapter)