Chapter 1228 Entering the Sight of a Large Consortium

Finland, the hometown of Santa Claus, is one of the five Nordic countries. It borders Sweden, Norway and Russia. The total area of ​​the country is 338,000 square kilometers, with 188,000 lakes, so it is known as the country of a thousand lakes.

But because one-third of the country's land area is within the Arctic Circle. Therefore, Finland's winter is cold and long, and the summer is mild and short.

And it is such a small country, but there are giants like Nokia, which currently dominates the global mobile phone industry. And Finland is highly industrialized and highly liberalized, with per capita income far exceeding the level of other European countries and its neighbor Sweden.

And the government officials of Finland are extremely clean, which has been reached throughout the country. Therefore, this country can always show others a positive side, and it is also the country with the highest happiness index.

Therefore, this country is extremely suitable for retirement because it has a very complete welfare system. It is also very suitable for immigration. If you want to see what a foreigner's face that has not been bullied looks like, then come to Finland, you can see it everywhere on the street.

Of course, living in a country with such good welfare, the first thing you face is high taxes. The personal income tax arrest rate in Finland is as high as 40%, which is basically one of the countries with the highest personal income tax in the world.

But even so, some companies in Finland have not registered offshore companies to evade taxes like companies in other countries, at least such examples are rare.

The reason for this phenomenon is not only the patriotic feelings of the owners of these companies. Naturally, it is because of the high welfare and clean government of this country. As long as they pay enough taxes, even if their company goes bankrupt and their children fail to become talents, they can still live in this country without worries.

In the morning, Yang Dongxu was still in France, and in the afternoon he flew to Finland, a 3-hour journey. In addition to him, Zhou Ya and his second son Xiao Wenchen, as well as his eldest sister's family and his aunt Ran Feifei also followed.

The reason why these people did not stay in France to continue playing was naturally because Ran Feifei, a guy who often travels around Europe and the United States, said that Finland is a good place to escape the summer heat. Although the whole summer is short, the temperature is around 20 degrees.

For everyone who has traveled half of Europe and been tortured by the hot weather, they naturally agree to come to Finland together, not only to stay in France to continue shopping. Especially when you can see the legendary polar day that never sets, everyone's interest is naturally higher.

Yang Dongxu's arrival informed Nokia's senior management, so someone came to the airport to pick him up. But what he didn't expect was that the person who came to pick him up was his old friend, Edward Kalu.

As the current executive vice president of Nokia, Kalu is definitely one of the few powerful executives in Nokia. Especially with his outstanding performance in the Asian market, the voices of this bearded man becoming the president of Nokia have been getting louder and louder in the company in the past two years.

"I'm just here to talk about the shares. There's no need to be so grand, right?" Yang Dongxu was already surprised to see Kalu, and when he saw other senior executives of Nokia, he was not surprised, but surprised.

He hurriedly went up to shake hands and greet everyone, and briefly introduced Zhou Ya and her family.

"You took good care of me when I was in China. It's not easy to come to Finland once, so I will naturally give you the highest courtesy. After all, Finland is a country of courtesy." Kalu smiled and gave Yang Dongxu a hug.

But Yang Dongxu knew that things were obviously not that simple. It seemed that he had been selling Nokia mobile phone shares during this period. This made these senior executives alert.

Being prepared for danger in times of peace has always been a quality that a qualified senior executive should always have. Even though Nokia's mobile phone business is the largest in the world now, even if Motorola and Ericsson in the United States are only rivals that they can fight, they can only fight, and the others are just so-so.

But they are obviously not dazzled by the good situation in front of them, and they are extremely vigilant and attach great importance to Yang Dongxu's sudden insistence on the shares of the mobile phone business.

The reason why Nokia's senior executives are so vigilant is undoubtedly related to Yang Dongxu's underestimation of his influence. Nokia is successful and powerful.

But even if some Nokia executives are not convinced, they have to admit that the investment vision of this young man in front of them makes them have to admit it.

Especially the reason why Nokia's mobile phone business is now popular all over the world and has become the world's number one is that this young Chinese shareholder is one of the advocates and promoters.

Now it can be said that this shareholder, who is the founder of Nokia's mobile phone business and has a legendary investment vision, has begun to insist on Nokia's mobile phone business shares. How can you let them not pay attention?

Of course, attention does not mean fear, it is just a little uneasiness in the face of the unknown. After all, those people in the company's strategic department are not vegetarians.

After discovering that Yang Dongxu had begun to sell Nokia's mobile phone business shares, the company's top management held more than one board meeting, reviewed the company's operating conditions from top to bottom, and collected a lot of information on the international mobile phone market.

There was no problem with the company's operations, the international mobile phone market was still booming, and Nokia could still take advantage of the victory. Therefore, as these real data were continuously collected, they began to put their hearts at ease.

This time, the visit of Yang Dongxu, the major shareholder, was so high-profile, one of which was that everyone wanted to see what this Chinese with an extremely outstanding investment vision thought. Another reason was naturally that since there was no problem with the company's operations and the mobile phone market, the shares in Yang Dongxu's hands were very popular.

After saying hello and chatting for a few words, he went to the hotel first. Since everyone came with him, Yang Donggu directly booked a villa. In this way, it is not only convenient for everyone to live in it, but also facilitates the protection work of the bodyguards.

The successive incidents made Yang Dongxu attach great importance to security work, not to mention that he was far away from home and his wife and children were following him.

Finland is indeed a highly industrialized and liberalized country, with the highest happiness index among residents in the world and an extremely clean government. But that doesn't mean there aren't criminals here, so be careful.

The people have already met, and everyone tacitly knows what each other means, and Yang Dongxu is not in such a hurry. Therefore, after a day's rest, Nokia's senior management did not rush him.

I just attended the regular meeting of the shareholders of the two companies, and then negotiated and voted on several development plans for the second half of the year. After that, Yang Dongxu accompanied his wife and children to play in Finland.

Finland is indeed a good place to escape the summer heat, and now most countries in Europe are like hot pots. The maximum temperature in Finland is around 20 degrees, which makes people uncomfortable.

And under such a temperature, the surrounding scenery is as refreshing as spring. In such an environment, everyone's nerves are relaxed, and everyone starts to have a good time. But this worry was soon broken by the arrival of a person.

Adams-Smith is a slightly thin, blond, blue-eyed European-American with handsome appearance and humble attitude. What's more important is that this guy's identity is the deputy general manager of the investment department of First Bank of America.

Speaking of First Bank of the United States, many people may not have heard of this name, but Citibank is well known. The First Bank of America is a subsidiary of Money Bank.

In other words, First Bank is the parent company of the First Citibank consortium. Yes, Citibank is not just a bank, it is a huge consortium, and it ranks among the top ten consortiums in the United States.

Unlike other consortiums that are controlled by families, the Citibank consortium was indeed controlled by the Stillman and Rockefeller families in its early days.

But in the 1930s, Citibank collapsed due to the financial crisis. Later, in the 1950s, Citibank stood up again through corporate mergers, including the First National Bank of New York, which is now First Bank.

Compared with other family history consortiums, Citigroup is a joint consortium. The senior management of the consortium is composed of many influential shareholders, like a powerful team, working together to promote the advancement of the Citigroup consortium.

Therefore, compared with other family consortiums that control their own core industries and companies, Citigroup's investments can be said to be spread in all directions. It not only has major cooperation with several consortiums in the United States and jointly holds companies.

It also accepts the injection of foreign capital, and more than half of the investment money comes from abroad every year. In addition, he is also the major shareholder of several of the largest arms dealers in the United States, ranging from passenger planes to bombers, from missiles to rockets. As the world's largest arms dealer, this consortium can take away a lot of the high arms profits every year.

He has money and an arms company. Therefore, the strength of this consortium made many established consortiums pay attention to it, so when Yang Dongxu heard that the person who wanted to see him turned out to be from First Bank. The surprised expression on his face not only furrowed his brows.

The purpose of the other party's visit was obvious. He came directly to Finland for the Nokia shares he held. Even though Bank One is already a major shareholder of General Telecom.

But no one has too little interest in such a high-quality investment, so it is easy to understand why the other party wants to acquire his Nokia shares. Yang Dongxu only frowned because being targeted by such a behemoth, or having entered the sight of such a behemoth, was not sure whether it was good or bad for him.

Especially now that the balance of power between the two sides is not equitable at all, if the other party is a powerful adult armed to the teeth. At best, Yang Dongxu can be regarded as a young boy who has just started learning to shoot.

Therefore, if the opponent uses its strong strength to crush him, although it may encounter some obstacles, it will definitely win in the end.

"Just say that it's not convenient for me right now. Let's make an appointment for tomorrow afternoon." Yang Dongxu, who frowned, did not see Adams immediately and gave Wu Sheng an order.

He turned around and walked back to the room and picked up the satellite phone. Even if he was overthinking it, now that people from First Bank started to pay attention to him, this matter could not wait for a while.