Sure enough, as soon as Zhao Dongsheng's words finished, a group of reporters raised their hands to ask questions. Seeing this, a male staff member standing on the rostrum pointed his hand at a beautiful blonde girl and signaled her to ask questions.

"Hello, Chairman Zhao, I am a reporter from n. Can I understand what you said just now as if it were only worth 5 billion US dollars in France, or is it that there is a problem with your company's funds?"

Seeing this, the blonde stood up, took the microphone from a female staff member, and asked Zhao Dongsheng quietly. She was the female reporter Daisy who asked Zhao Dongsheng before Zhao Dongsheng entered the office building of the Northern Communications Company in the morning.

The question is really tricky. The Augustus family just spent a huge sum of US$25.9 billion to acquire the French Northern Communications Company. If Zhao Dongsheng admits it, wouldn't it be a naked slap in the face of Cole, who is in charge of the acquisition? But if it is negated and negated, it means that there is a financial crisis in Warwick Group.

After hearing this question, Zhao Dongsheng couldn't help but smile and shook his head. What he was looking forward to was such a sharp problem, but on the surface he still had to pretend to be embarrassed, pondered for a while and said to Daisy:

"It's like that. Our group originally prepared sufficient funds to acquire French Northern Communications Corporation. However, due to the strong competitors and the increasingly fierce competition in the communications field, the bidding price will be increased very high. Therefore, considering the future rate of return, our group changed its strategy and pulled out funds to invest in other projects. The 5 billion US dollars is just the margin for us to participate in the bidding."

Of course, Zhao Dongsheng would not answer such a question that might cause criticism from the outside world, so he answered Daisy in a tactful manner. He seemed to have avoided answering the question of whether the French Northern Communications Company is worth $5 billion, and did not involve the Augustus family, but the impression that the Augustus family was the sucker this time.

"So, did you give up this acquisition for the new project?" Daisy looked at Zhao Dongsheng with great interest when he heard this, "So can you tell us what is the new project of your group?"

"You are right. We strategically gave up the acquisition of French Northern Communications. Although it has good infrastructure and market share, after a series of research, we felt that the cost of successfully acquiring it was too high, which was not conducive to future competition with other communications companies. We cannot guarantee that we can get the expected returns after investment."

Zhao Dongsheng nodded to Daisy with a smile, admitting that he voluntarily gave up the acquisition, and then said to her, "Huatian Communications Company, a subsidiary of our group, has established a European General Company. In the future, affairs in the European Communications field will be handled by the European General Company."

"Thank you very much." Daisy smiled at Zhao Dongsheng when she heard this and sat back in her seat. She had already felt the smell of gunpowder in the European communications market.

With Daisy sitting down, many reporters raised their hands at the venue. The male staff member on the rostrum then pointed to a white middle-aged man, who was a BBC reporter.

The male staff member's task was to select reporters from important media and reporters with good cooperative relationships with Warwick Group from the reporters on the scene to ask questions. This is the consistent principle of the press conference. After all, the media are also divided into different distances.

"Chairman Zhao, can you tell us about the situation of Huatian Communications Europe Corporation?" After getting the microphone, the middle-aged white man asked Zhao Dongsheng in a deep voice, believing that the outside world would like to know what kind of project Zhao Dongsheng chose.

"It's better for Manager Wang to answer this question. He is responsible for this matter." Zhao Dongsheng smiled slightly and pointed at Wang Yao beside him.

"Let me introduce you to the situation of Huatian Communications Europe Corporation. The European Corporation has a branch in Paris, Berlin and London. In the next three years, it will invest $20 billion to expand the market and improve the level of communication facilities to better serve customers."

Wang Yao then approached the microphone on the table and said to the reporters present in an orderly manner. Finally, he smiled and said, "Everyone is welcome to become users of our company. Those present today can become VIP customers of our company."

"Manager Wang, I heard that your three branches are acquired local companies, and they only cost less than 500 million US dollars. Is this true?" The middle-aged white man wrote down $20 billion in his notebook in his three years, and then looked at Wang Yao with a smile. He had received some information about three companies including Paris Gaolan Communications, and wanted to obtain confirmation from Wang Yao.

"Sorry, we signed a confidentiality agreement, so we can't tell you about the situation in this regard." Wang Yao was prepared and declined the question with a smile.

The middle-aged white man sat back in his seat after hearing this and ended his question. He already had information about the three companies acquired by Huatian Communications, which was enough for him to hand over to the TV station.

The reporters at the scene were very enthusiastic and spoke enthusiastically. In addition to the acquisition of French Northern Communications Corporation and the newly established Huatian Communications Europe Corporation, they were interested in the future trends of the Warwick Group and the development prospects of the international economy, especially the development prospects of the international communications market.

Zhao Dongsheng answered the requests of the reporters one by one. Time passed by bit by bit without realizing it, and two hours passed quickly.

"The following is the last question, please ask the lady to ask." Finally, the staff member on the rostrum selected a girl with shoulder-length short hair from the reporters who raised their hands.

"Mr. Zhao, I am a reporter from Hedong TV. I have a question. This morning, you said before entering the office building of the Northern Communications Company in France that you had the determination to win, but you gave up the bid. Can you explain it?" The short-haired girl introduced herself and asked with a microphone.

Although Hedong TV is inconspicuous among these media on site, since Zhao Dongsheng is a member of the Standing Committee of the Hedong Provincial Party Committee, the short-haired girl will naturally be treated preferentially and was fortunate to raise the last question.

It is said that it is a question, but it is better to give Zhao Dongsheng a chance to explain it clearly. You must know that it is his sentence that made people mistakenly believe that he is bound to win the French Northern Communications Company and forced Cole to offer the highest price.

"I want to explain this. I said that I was the final victory, not the victory of the acquisition. Because there was a confidentiality agreement, I could not disclose that I had acquired those three companies at that time." Zhao Dongsheng smiled slightly and said to the short-haired girl.

"I would like to ask, what do you mean by the final victory?" The short-haired girl nodded thoughtfully and then asked.

"Of course it is based on the European communications market. I believe this is the ultimate goal of every communications company." Zhao Dongsheng smiled, glanced at the reporters at the scene and replied.

"Mr. Zhao, how much do you think Warwick Group will invest in it in order to achieve this goal?" The short-haired girl smiled slightly and asked her last question.

"Manager Wang has just said that Huatian Communications will invest US$20 billion in Europe in the next three years. In order to provide customers with better services, we will invest sufficient funds in Asia, America and Africa to build a global communication system. At that time, everyone can experience the convenient services brought by high-tech communications." Zhao Dongsheng smiled and looked at the short-haired girl and said Hongsheng.

"Global communication system! I wish you and Warwick Group success. By the way, I am a customer of Huatian Communications. I hope that the day will arrive early. At that time, I want to experience what the difference is."

This is the first time that a short-haired girl has heard of such a new term, and immediately felt the ambition of Warwick Group in the global communications field, so she sat down with a smile.

"Mr. Zhao, how much money are you going to invest in Asia, America and Africa?" Just after the short-haired girl sat down, a voice suddenly came from the crowd below the audience, and the people at the scene immediately looked at Zhao Dongsheng. This was a question that everyone was interested in.

"Although I want to tell you very much, I can't do anything about this when it comes to commercial secrets." Zhao Dongsheng smiled and spread his hands to the people who were talking, then got up and reached out to make a gesture of invitation. "It's already dinner time. Everyone has worked very hard for the afternoon. Our restaurant has prepared a buffet, please enjoy it."

After saying that, Zhao Dongsheng left the conference hall surrounded by bodyguards, and the reporters were buzzing there. Except for the hosts who wanted to go back to the local TV station in Paris to do the show, everyone else went to the restaurant, because according to custom, Zhao Dongsheng would also attend the evening buffet, and everyone could get more information from him at that time.

"Conspiracy, a complete conspiracy!" After watching the press conference of Warwick Group, which was broadcast live on a commercial TV station in Paris, Cole, who had been sitting in front of the TV, placed the wine glass in his hand heavily on the table in front, and his face was so cold that it could freeze.

From Zhao Dongsheng's replies to reporters, Cole could clearly feel that Zhao Dongsheng gave up the acquisition of French Northern Communications Company very early. The reason why Zhao Dongsheng came to Paris was entirely to put pressure on himself, forcing him to do his best, offering a high price of US$25.9 billion, wasting at least US$10 billion in vain.

Moreover, at the press conference, Zhao Dongsheng not only announced the news that Huatian Communications Company had established the European General Company, but also made great plans for the future, put forward the concept of a global communication system, and sold the first step to seize the European communications market.

What's particularly annoying is that Zhao Dongsheng actually metaphored at a press conference that the French Northern Communications Company was only worth $5 billion, which made Cole, who spent $25.9 billion, feel less than a fraction of the price he offered.

However, what made Cole nervous the most was that Zhao Dongsheng said in the press conference that he invested $20 billion in the next three years to develop the communications business in the European market, and this is a global act, with similar investments in the Americas, Asia and Africa.

Although Zhao Dongsheng did not disclose how much money he would invest outside Europe, it is foreseeable that the amount would definitely not be small. In this way, Huatian Communications will establish a solid foundation in the field of international communications.

At the same time, this also means that a new international communications market competition kicks off with the press conference held by Zhao Dongsheng. Major communications giants will never watch Huatian Communications Company seize the market so unscrupulously, and will definitely snipe for their respective interests.

Cole has already smelled the smoke of the fierce war in the communications market. Compared with Warwick Group and other communications companies, the Augustus family, which has already spent $25.9 billion, can no longer provide strong funds to support the future development of Northern Communications.

He felt that Zhao Dongsheng revealed at the press conference that Huatian Communications Company's US$20 billion European headquarters strategic plan was deliberately designed, with the purpose of putting in the underfunded Augustus family, and thus reducing the market share of Northern Communications Company in the next communications market war.

Cole leaned on the sofa, looking up at the ceiling with a pale face. Although he had more than 3 billion US dollars in his hand as the development funds of the Northern Communications Company, facing the aggressive Zhao Dongsheng, this amount of funds was not enough to resist Zhao Dongsheng's sharp offensive.

Now his mind is thinking about how to raise funds and obtain funding from third-party funds. Otherwise, he would have lost in this communication market war initiated by Zhao Dongsheng.

The Augustus family is a super group. Although there are other funds, there are other projects to operate. It is impossible to invest all the funds in the Northern Communications Company, which Cole is responsible for. Therefore, financing is the only way out for Cole to obtain funds.

Not only that, Cole is now worried that his position in the Augustus family will be shaken by the acquisition of French communications companies. After all, no interest group is in a solid state, and the Augustus family is no exception. Some people in the family have long been eyeing his position. I guess this time I will never miss the opportunity to attack him.
Chapter completed!