The Global Advent of the Elves

ps: This chapter is mainly to fill in the previous pitfalls of Keyuan’s cheap gambling, and to explain clearly some unexplained things, which are all business war calculations. The content is relatively dry, and it can be regarded as a supplementary explanation for reasonable parties. If you are not interested, you can skip this chapter. second half of chapter

The players from Jiangcheng University are in the stands.

"Trainer level elf"

The coach's face didn't look very good.

This year's city competition was originally thought to be the easiest year for them to win the championship. By the way, as Su Bai's debut game, he won four consecutive championships perfectly, but I didn't want to be surprised.

Not to mention Hamazuga's sudden rise, Shen Qingming and Liu Le have not reached the trainer level, so they will not be afraid.

But how could the University of Finance and Economics, a second-rate team that had been ignored by everyone, suddenly have a trainer-level super player appear?

The coach looked back at Su Bai, who was sitting behind him. He was asking him whether he could deal with Jin Enjing's swamp jumping fish.

Su Bai's eyes were also unusually serious, and he was closely observing the movements of the swamp jumping fish on the field.

After the elf breaks through the trainer level, the elf's physical strength and energy reserves begin to become more critical factors in determining strength.

Although the elf attribute restraint and moves still have a great impact on strength, in comparison, they are much smaller than before the breakthrough.

Su Bai tried to judge the strength of the Swamp Leap Fish based on the speed and strength of its attacks, but the battle ended too quickly, and he could not accurately judge the opponent's strength at all.

At the end of the two games, Swamp Leap Fish only used one move, water jet, and was covered in water jets to knock his opponent away, ending the battle with one blow.

"A one-sided battle has no reference value. The Swamp Leap Fish didn't exert its full strength, but I'll have no problem against her at a [-]-[-] level."

Although Su Bai valued the strength displayed by Jin Enjing's Swamp Jumper, he did not underestimate her.

The coach nodded when he heard this, but his face didn't look much better. He was originally a sure winner, but now it's a [-]-[-] chance. It's strange that his face looks good.

But besides believing in Su Bai's strength, he had no other choice.

Tomorrow's semi-finals will be between them and the University of Finance and Economics.

This time is too tight. Only now do we know that the other party has such an amazing trump card. What's the use of it?

They don't have time to think of other strategies now. They can only rely on Su Bai's hard power to compete with the opponent.

Su Bai didn't care about this. He was a player, and it was his duty to try his best to defeat his opponent in the game. Only the coach was troubled.

on the playing field.

Jin Eunjing and Mengmeng returned to the player stands.

Finance eliminated its opponents and advanced to the semi-finals.

The game ended so quickly that the commentators didn’t know how to explain it.

The commentator said that he was also in a dilemma. He thought that his basic skills were already very good, but he had never commented on such a three-second game.

Now he can only brag about how powerful Zhu Yueyu is and how good-looking the financial contestant is. He tells two jokes, one at a time, to delay time.

Fortunately, the on-site host quickly took over and entered the interactive session between games, and the live broadcast camera also turned its head.

The response from the audience and in the live broadcast room was very enthusiastic.

A trainer-level elf appearing in a city competition is like a well-known young man with a heavy idol burden suddenly appearing in a village yangko team to perform yangko. It can obviously bring a lot of heat to the topic.

VIP stands.

Lord Thun was also interested.

He puffed on the pipe in his mouth and said to Zhou Shuo, the alliance administrator beside him:

“In the student high school competition in China, there are actually trainer-level elves appearing. The cultivation level of ordinary people’s elves here seems to be quite good.

In the college games I watched in London in January this year, their strength was much worse than yours. "

Zhou Shuo smiled and said:

"Of course, there are many cooperation projects between the Elf Alliance and Nanjiang Province, and the technology and educational resources are tilted. Nanjiang Province has developed rapidly in recent years.

Jiangcheng City has now become a first-tier city and a modern metropolis that is in line with international standards. It mainly relies on these related derivatives of the elf industry.

In recent years, the standards of Nanjiang Province's city competition contestants have become higher and higher each time.

The main reason is that in recent years, the import tax on elf cultivation resources in China has been gradually reduced, and the types of exports have also gradually increased.

Many ordinary families can afford cultivation resources, and have gradually summarized better elf cultivation methods. The average elf cultivation level of residents has naturally increased year by year.

The economic benefits generated by this are great, and the alliance has already tasted huge benefits, otherwise the conservatives would not easily let us reformists take this step.

If in London, the Doxon family is willing to let go of import and export tariffs and trade protection barriers and choose to cooperate with the alliance.

It should not be a problem to improve the overall elf cultivation level of ordinary people. "

As the person in charge of administrative, commercial, and technical cooperation between the Elf Alliance and China, Zhou Shuo certainly knows this very well.

Lord Thun listened and nodded, obviously agreeing with what Zhou Shuo said.

"Zhou, your argument is very convincing. Only when the overall level of elf cultivation among ordinary people increases, will the labyrinth resources we have available be dumped.

And you know, I'm on the side of working with the alliance.

It's just that my brother, the head of the Doxon family, is obviously more inclined to abide by the family's outdated steel creed.

Therefore, regarding cooperation, if the Docson family joins the Elf Alliance as a premise, his faction will definitely not agree. "

Lord Thun rubbed the pipe in his hand with his steel-ringed thumb, and shook his head with a look of pity.

But

His eyes were staring straight at Zhou Shuo, obviously he didn't finish his sentence.

Zhou Shuo smiled knowingly when he saw this, knowing that it was time for the British tycoon to take a stand.

The two of them got up one after another, left the private room in the VIP stand, and came to an empty bleacher outside the stadium, avoiding the people accompanying them. It was obvious that they wanted to talk about something that no one else could know.

Zhou Shuo spoke first.

"Lord Thun, I have been working in the alliance for so long, and I know something about the Doxon family.

I have heard that when you were young, you made great achievements in acquiring fifteen leading industrial companies for the Docson Group. In terms of your contribution to Docson, you are no worse than your brother.

Logically speaking, your contribution to the family should be duly rewarded, but now your voice in the Doxon family is obviously not that important."

Zhou Shuo made it clear what Lord Thun wanted.

Aristocrats like Doxon, who have a century-old British heritage, have a large family lineage. Because the issue of direct line and collateral line involves the inheritance rights of titles and fiefs, there are always many parents who are unclear about their family affairs.

Modern times are no better than ancient times. In ancient times, nobles still had rights and subjects. Now, the old British nobles only have fiefs.

The UK is a sparsely populated place, and real estate is not popular. The value of real estate is far from as high as imagined. Therefore, if they want to support and maintain the expenses of the nobles, they can only rely on their own industries.

The profits from these industries are distributed to the family. Of course, the weights are different, but they are generally based on the shares held.

Because Thun was the second son, he did not inherit as many shares in the group as his elder brother.

Coupled with the factional fighting within the family and the losses due to mergers and acquisitions, in fact, the income in recent years has not been optimistic, and several companies in his hands have gone into a downturn.

In fact, he has long been interested in cooperating with the Elf Alliance. The reformists have approached the Doxon family several times, hoping to win over this powerful foreign aid to fight against the conservatives.

Thun's several discussions with the Elf Alliance went very smoothly. The Elf Alliance's cooperation projects can bring huge profits and alleviate his embarrassing situation.

However, the head of the Doxon family, Thun's brother, did not agree to cooperate with the Elf Alliance and did not want to get involved in the internal battles of the alliance.

The companies under his brother are sunrise industries and can guarantee a stable position in Diaoyutai, but Thun can't do that. He has already burned his butt.

The several industries in our hands are getting worse and worse, and their competitiveness is getting weaker and weaker, and they will eventually be left with nothing.

He must reach cooperation with the Elf Alliance on some projects and establish new industrial companies while he still has funds on hand.

The interests of the two brothers were in conflict with each other, and Thun's personal philosophy was incompatible with Docson's steel creed.

Therefore, the current Lord Thun obviously does not take into account the ideas of his brother's group as he just said.

It would be better to say that he is now wooing the Spiritual Alliance as foreign aid, rising up against his brother's faction, and subverting the current order of the Doxon family.

"The Elf Alliance's intelligence network seems to be really sharp."

Lord Thun nodded and did not deny what Zhou Shuo said.

"Now is the era of economic globalization. The Doxon family's steel creed of isolation has been passed down for hundreds of years and should have been outdated long ago. If it were not for the constraints of this creed, the Doxon family's industry would be even more prosperous than it is now. "

"So you are going to be the pioneer to break the creed and cooperate with the Elf Alliance."

Zhou Shuo took over the conversation, but he said it in a good way, but in fact it was bad. Tune was forced to cooperate because he couldn't survive.

But the Elf Alliance also has needs.

Although there is only so much on the surface of the Doxon family, this behemoth has taken root for hundreds of years, and its roots spread throughout Europe.

Moreover, the Doxon family is the only family besides the Elf Alliance that controls a large labyrinth group.

Its strength and foundation are almost equal to half of the Elf Alliance. With such a family, the Elf Alliance naturally hopes to become a member.

However, I have tried various methods over the years, but to no avail. Now that I have the opportunity to hook up with Lord Thun, I am naturally willing to give it a try.

"What kind of chips are you going to use to get the help of the Elf Alliance? It's not enough to just guarantee that the Doxon family will join the Elf Alliance after they take power. The Alliance will not accept such a blank check.

Besides, if it fails, the Elf Alliance's help cannot be in vain. You have to come up with something more substantial. "

There are only two of them here, and Zhou Shuo doesn't mince words. You can ask the alliance to help you. Pay a deposit first.

Otherwise, if you fail and run away, the alliance will suffer losses in vain.

"Keyuan Group"

Lord Thun took a puff of his pipe and revealed his bargaining chip.

"Keyuan Group's secret jade industry has now become the leader in the secret jade industry, and you should be aware of its value.

In the current Keyuan Group, the Elf Alliance should only hold a portion of the shares, and the majority shareholder is still the Doxon family.

As long as you are willing to invest, I can find a way to let Elf Alliance Holdings acquire Keyuan and become Keyuan's major shareholder.

The Elf Alliance must have always wanted to win Keyuan. This tug-of-war for equity has been going on for a long time. "

"Hostile takeover"

Zhou Shuo frowned, knowing that this was Thun's specialty.

Although Keyuan Group belongs to the Elf Alliance, their profits are still divided according to equity dividends, and the Doxon family gets the lion's share.

There are many big figures in the league who have ideas about this piece of cake. This bargaining chip does have a certain value, but

"It's true that the Alliance wants Keyuan very much, but the Alliance is unwilling to spend so much money to acquire stocks from retail investors and small shareholders at high prices. The price-performance ratio is too low. If it had been done, it would have been done long ago, and it will not wait for you to do it. of."

Lord Thun shook his head after hearing Zhou Shuo's words.

"There is no need to acquire at such a high price. Keyuan's current profitability has problems, and this problem will become more and more serious. Once the annual report is announced, Keyuan's stock price will plunge rapidly.

At that time, the Elf Alliance will go to small shareholders to conduct a hostile takeover, and it will have a lot of room for maneuver in terms of price. "

After hearing Lord Thun's words, Zhou Shuo did not answer immediately.

If what the other party said is true, then this is indeed an opportunity for the Alliance to snatch Keyuan Group from Docson.

"Can you tell me what the profit problem you mentioned is going on?"

Lord Thun even disclosed such a secret as Keyuan's unpublished annual report in advance, and there was nothing else to hide.

"Keyuan has been making big moves recently and has done many pilot projects, including the Keyuan live streaming platform, low-cost stone betting, etc."

Zhou Shuo nodded and said:

"I know this. This is still in line with the line of the reformists in the alliance."

Lord Thun nodded and continued:

"Among them, the pilot project of cheap stone betting has brought very serious and huge losses to Keyuan."

“Keyuan lost money because of a pilot project”

Zhou Shuo was stunned when he heard this. For a large group like Keyuan, a pilot project must have cost control. If the cost exceeds the cost, the project will be stopped immediately. There is no way it will cause losses for itself.

"In one month, there were hundreds of cheap stone gambling experiments, each causing tens of millions of financial losses. This was enough to strain Keyuan."

Lord Thun narrowed his eyes and smiled, Keyuan's current situation was under his control.

"how can that be"

Zhou Shuo was stunned. He didn't know that Keyuan had already suffered such a big loss. This was unreasonable. How could a cheap bet lose so much money.

“The secret jade stone gambling industry still has a cost control drawback, especially the lower the price of rough stones, the more obvious this drawback becomes.

Companies engaged in stone gambling must be able to reasonably calculate and control this ratio and balance mining costs in order to achieve profitability, but there is still no denying that this is the most vulnerable link in the industry chain.

As long as some high-grade secret jade is mixed with cheap gambling stones and sent out, the profit will soon be less than the mining cost.

And under my cover and instruction, many branch managers below took advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money. "

The incident of embezzling secret jade embezzled by the manager of Keyuan Secret Jade Company that Ailuoer asked Lei to find out before was not an isolated case, but involved all pilot projects in Keyuan, and the mastermind behind it was Lord Thun.

Lord Thun's purpose is to lower Keyuan's stock price first to facilitate subsequent hostile takeovers.

As for what happened next

At that time, Keyuan's shareholders had changed, and the profits and losses were all his own. These were just operating losses.

"I will pass on your news. Using Keyuan as a bargaining chip, the league should be very willing to help you."

Zhou Shuo said.

"Okay, that's it for now, we should go back and watch the game."

After Zhou Shuo finished speaking, the two returned to the competition venue together.

The evening breeze blew gently through the bleachers, and as the sun set, the direction of the shadow shifted, and a Lucario figure was revealed behind the supporting pillars of the terrace.

Lucario held a recording pen in his hand. The conversation between Lord Thun and Zhou Shuo just now had obviously been recorded.

The power of the waveguide surged in Lucario's body, and when he heard the call from the waveguide, he jumped and disappeared on the terrace.

ps: Regarding the pricing rules for cheap stone gambling, I really don’t want to go into details. There are some, but they are too boring and have little impact on this book. Everyone can figure it out.

In fact, I didn’t want to write the second half of this chapter in such detail, but some people have been criticizing the world view and the rationality of many parts. I can only write a little bit about which characters, which forces, and how they are planned. I hope to satisfy the reasonable party as much as possible.

There are still a few chapters left in the game, and it’s time to start catching elves later.