Chapter 501 Lucky Northern Communications Company
"Try it, this is the Dahongpao this year." Sixth Master asked someone to bring a cup of hot tea to Zhao Dongsheng, and then said to him with a smile, "Weiguo, you will have to stay for a few more days when you come to Paris this time. Two weeks will be my eldest grandson's wedding, and you will attend it at that time."
"The Sixth Master has spoken, how can I not obey the order?" Zhao Dongsheng couldn't help but praise after siping tea, "The strong fragrance is solemn, it's indeed the best among tea."
Although Zhao Dongsheng does not like drinking tea, he also has a certain understanding of tea culture and can taste the grade of tea.
"If you like it, I'll give you two pounds." Sixth Master laughed. He only got five pounds of Dahongpao of this level. He usually saves drinks. He only took out the distinguished guests when they come. He gave Zhao Dong two pounds at once, which was very generous.
"Then I will thank Master Six." Zhao Dongsheng did not refuse, and smiled and accepted Master Six's kindness. Although he didn't drink tea, he could give it to someone. Mr. Zhang from Zhang Haishan's family likes to drink tea. This level of Dahong Pao is enough for Zhao Dongsheng to take action. Anyway, Master Six has other channels to get good tea.
It’s not that Zhao Dongsheng couldn’t get those good teas. As the saying goes, the superiors will have the greatest advantage. As long as he speaks, someone will definitely give the top teas with both hands. However, in this way, he will definitely give the other party appropriate benefits in exchange. This is not his usual style of conduct. He does not want his judgment and decision to be affected by some external factors, so as not to prevent his subordinates from pursuing his preferences and affecting his work.
Therefore, only those around Zhao Dongsheng's preferences, such as Wu Wen and Han Susu, know, and others don't know, so they effectively avoid things that their subordinates cater to his preferences, making the working environment within the Warwick Group very relaxed, less intensive and more pragmatic.
Zhao Dongsheng stayed in Li's house for an hour before leaving. During this period, he not only talked about the old days with Liuye and Tong Tian, but also talked about some economic affairs. When he returned to the Warwick Group's office in France, it was already past one o'clock in the morning, and no one knew where he went.
In the next few days, Zhao Dongsheng, like the Augustus family and the Riverside Consortium, went to visit people from both the political and business circles in France, hoping to get their support in the acquisition of the French Northern Communications Company, at least not objection.
The first thing to do is to eliminate interference from relevant government departments such as the 10 billion dollar cross-border acquisitions, so as not to be stopped by the government departments for some reason, and then it will be more than worth the loss.
Due to detailed preparations in advance, the acquisition of Northern Communications Company by Warwick Group was approved by relevant French government departments, and a series of legal procedures were successfully completed and successfully obtained the acquisition qualification before November.
The purchase time of the French Northern Communications Company was November 9th. On the afternoon of November 2nd, Zhao Dongsheng went to the French Northern Communications Company for inspection and inspected the strength of the Northern Communications Company on the spot so as to offer the most reasonable price during bidding.
Executives of Northern Communications Company came forward to receive Zhao Dongsheng. For those executives, Zhao Dongsheng is likely to be their future boss, so the hospitality was very enthusiastic and thoughtful.
Not only that, several important directors, including the chairman of Northern Communications Company, also appeared at the scene and accompanied Zhao Dongsheng to visit the whole time. In the evening, Zhao Dongsheng even invited him to dinner, and the guests and hosts were having fun.
The so-called river clam fights with fishermen, the battle between Warwick Group and the Augustus family and the Riverside Consortium has benefited a lot from the shareholders of the North Communications Company. The more the Warwick Group and the Augustus family and the Riverside Consortium show that they are bound to win against the North Communications Company, the more they will get richer.
On the surface, Northern Communications Company's operating conditions are very good, and it is a scene of busy business. However, Zhao Dongsheng is very clear about the realization of Northern Communications Company: Although Northern Communications Company is a communications company with a market value of 10 billion yuan, it is actually already in a quagmire and cannot take care of itself. The so-called busy business is just for him to show.
In recent years, the operating conditions of Northern Communications Company have not been satisfactory. Under the aggressive offensive of the French communications field, the leader in France's No. 1 Communications Company, its market share has been decreasing year by year. This year it has only accounted for about 20% of the national market share, and will drop to more than 10% next year.
Faced with the current bad situation, the management of Northern Communications Company, which once created a brilliant record of 70% of the market share in the mid-to-early 1990s, took countermeasures, but the results were very little.
In order to ensure their own interests, several important directors of Northern Communications Company called for funds to support the market and exaggerated the annual financial statements, so that the company's stock price was maintained at a high level. While convinced several other directors of the board of directors, they prepared to sell it while Northern Communications Company is still valuable and cash out of it to get rid of this quagmire.
Although Northern Communications Company has poor operations, it has many mature technical employees and infrastructure throughout France. The key is that it has many user groups, which is still very attractive for those who want to enter the communications field.
Therefore, after those important directors released the news, they quickly attracted the attention of strong buyers, including the famous Augustus family, Warwick Group and Riverside Consortium.
Those important directors never expected that the bait they released would catch these three "big fish", and they were secretly happy.
Just like Zhao Dongsheng, the Augustus family and the Riverside Consortium conducted in-depth and detailed investigations into the current situation of Northern Communications Company, knowing that they are currently operating difficulties, but the communications market has a great prospect. They all hope to gain a foothold in the European communications field through Northern Communications Company.
The Augustus family had contacted those important directors earlier, and was the most powerful, and was most likely to complete the acquisition of Northern Communications.
However, if only the Augustus family is a powerful company, then the Augustus family can sign an agreement with those important directors to acquire Northern Communications Company. In this way, the dominance of the acquisition price is in the hands of the Augustus family, which is particularly unfavorable to those important directors.
But what happened later surprised the important directors, and two buyers who were enough to confront the Augustus family came one after another - Warwick Group and Riverside Consortium. In this way, the situation reversed, and those important directors became active from passive status, because if the Augustus family didn't buy it, there would be Warwick Group and Riverside Consortium, and there would be a competition between the three.
As the result was as encountered by those important directors, with the addition of Warwick Group and the Riverside Consortium, the stock price of Northern Communications Company soared, making them smile.
In the eyes of those important directors, both the Warwick Group, the Augustus family, and the Riverside Consortium all have the strength to enter the communications field. They hope that the three will fight, the more intense the better, so that they can get greater discounts.
After dinner with the chairman of Northern Communications Company, Zhao Dongsheng took a bus back to the Warwick Group office in France, sat in the back seat with his hands folded in his chest, with a faint smile on his lips, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
In addition to his car, Zhao Dongsheng also had three guard vehicles, a total of four vehicles, forming a convoy on the road. This is not because Zhao Dongsheng wants to show off, but because his current identity does require this level of security measures.
When the convoy drove to a street, there was a car accident on the road ahead, blocking the road ahead tightly. More than a dozen cars were already blocked on the road, waiting in line.
Seeing this, the convoy's leading vehicle turned a corner and entered the opposite lane across the road, preparing to return to the office from another road. According to the security regulations, the convoy cannot stop on the road to avoid accidents after parking.
However, when the car Zhao Dongsheng was riding entered the opposite lane, a van driving in the opposite lane was blocked by a truck in front of him because his vision was blocked. At this time, he overtook the car Zhao Dongsheng was riding in was turning, so he quickly stepped on the brakes.
Even so, the van was still installed at the rear of Zhao Dongsheng's car with a bang, making a dull sound, and the body of the car couldn't help but cross the road. The van blocked its front, and the two cars stopped almost at the same time.
"How did you drive!" Zhao Dongsheng didn't expect such a car accident to happen, and he couldn't help but look at the van in surprise. At the same time, the door of the van opened. An Asian strong man came out of the passenger seat of the van with his broken forehead, reached out and pounded the front cover of the sedan, and shouted at the driver in French.
After witnessing the scene in front of him, two tall guards quickly got out of a car behind Zhao Dongsheng's car, walked up and pressed the strong man's shoulder, dragged him aside, and pressed him firmly to the ground in case he was not good for Zhao Dongsheng. The driver of the car in which Zhao Dongsheng started to reverse and prepare to leave the accident scene.
"You let him go, let him go!" At this time, the sliding door of the van body opened, and a long-haired Asian girl limped towards the two guards who held the strong man, shouting in French while kicking one of the guards.
Zhao Dongsheng glanced at the girl with long hair, then looked away. The only thing he could do in the face of such an unexpected event was to leave the scene quickly.
At this moment, a black sedan parked on the side of the road suddenly started without warning, accelerated the accelerator and rushed over, and hit Zhao Dongsheng's car hard.
"Assassination?" The violent impact made Zhao Dongsheng's body sway. Fortunately, he wore a seat belt, otherwise he would have fallen in the car. A thought couldn't help but come into his mind.
Chapter completed!