Chapter 1229 So-Called Friends
Just after getting up and having breakfast in the morning, Yang Dongxu received a call from the United States. After answering the call, his face became solemn.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Ya found that her husband's face was not right as she drove her son around the room. Her elder sister and brother-in-law and Xin Xin were already preparing to go out to play.
"The other party really targeted us. This time, coming here may be just a test." Yang Dongxu took a deep breath and said.
In fact, when he heard that the person who wanted to visit him was from First Bank yesterday, many thoughts suddenly popped up in Yang Dongxu's mind. At the same time, he also thought of a possibility that it was a coincidence. After all, Nokia's mobile phone shares are now hot.
Although he had only notified Nokia's senior management about the sale of his mobile phone shares for the time being, he wanted to use these mobile phone business shares to exchange for Nokia's parent company shares.
You know, Nokia's mobile phone business declined a few years later, and even had to sell the first business to Microsoft. Everyone felt that Nokia was really on the decline.
But in fact, they just had to sell off their first business because it was not doing well. However, because the mobile phone business accounted for too much of the company's revenue before, the decline of the mobile phone business was equivalent to cutting off one arm.
But Nokia's head office is still a powerful telecommunications giant, even if it is not as famous as Motorola, Ericsson, etc., because it is a famous American giant company. But there is definitely a place for them in the top ten or even the top five in the world, especially in the Nordic region. Even without the mobile phone business, Nokia is still the undisputed king.
Therefore, it is very profitable to use the mobile phone shares that will decline sharply in a few years to exchange the shares of Nokia's head office.
You should know that Nokia's mobile phone shares are now in a mess, and there are many people who want to exchange the shares of the head office with him. So he revealed the matter of selling the shares of the mobile phone business to the senior management of Nokia.
In order to complete his replacement plan, but no matter which company or even the senior management of a country is airtight.
And what American companies are best at is the trade secrets of the major multinational mobile phone giants, and then use them as handles to rob them one by one. So it was normal for First Bank to find out about this deal and get involved, as they were also optimistic about Nokia's mobile phone business.
However, he thought it might be a coincidence, but he still called the United States to inquire. And it turned out that he was not worrying too much, and Citigroup really noticed him.
This matter was still related to the last time he was arrested by the FBI, after all, that matter was a sensation. Although the United States later tried to cover up the scandal, the international media seemed to have signaled overnight and stopped reporting any news about that case.
But it is certain that Yang Dongxu's name has been recorded in the little notebooks of many bigwigs. And since so many people know him, naturally some people are curious about him and start investigating him.
This investigation naturally found some different things, such as after he traded with Dale, he got close to the Kennedy family, and the Kennedy family's acceptance of several strong company shares in the past six months was naturally dug out.
Although the acceptance of these shares was reasonable and legal, even if they wanted to find fault, they could not find any loopholes to drill. But Yang Dongxu dug more and more of those assets like treasures, which deeply attracted the wolf-like eyes of these people.
This call was from the Kennedy family, telling him that someone was investigating him during this period, including the Citigroup.
And because of this matter, they apologized to Yang Dongxu. In fact, after the investigation, the Kennedy family was also scared and sweated. Unknowingly, no one had touched the house and was not alert. Then, would the people who entered the house still not react to the Kennedy family's neck?
Family blood inheritance is the last bottom line of the Kennedy family, but their bottom line is now in a precarious situation. How can they not be terrified? And at the same time of terrified, they are naturally furious.
But the anger of the weak will not cause any movement, so the Kennedy family had to suppress their anger temporarily. In addition to informing Yang Dongxu that the Citigroup was indeed targeting him, they also told him a lot of secrets, including those about the consortium and politics.
"Then do you want it or not?" Zhou Ya's eyes became solemn, and her expression became more and more stern.
"It should be fine for the time being. The most unruly people in this world are concentrated in the middle class, because they want to overthrow the top and replace them. The upper class is less willing to break the rules easily.
Because the current rules of the game are made by them to be the most beneficial to them. Once they are broken and a chaos is formed, no one has the confidence to stand firm in the chaos.
So even if they are very powerful now, we have the chips to protect ourselves. At worst, there is still a powerful motherland behind us. There is nothing to be afraid of if everything follows the rules, and there is even less fear if you want to play tricks." Yang Dongxu smiled and hugged Zhou Ya and kissed him on the side of his face.
Zhou Ya's body slowly relaxed. At this time, the son who was chasing Xiao Jiali Xianghu Town in the house suddenly stopped and looked at his parents, and his little hands kept scratching his face, "Shame, shame, shame"
Zhou Ya's face flushed immediately, and even her neck turned red.
Yang Dongxu glared at his son unhappily.
"You are so grown up, but you don't even know the occasion." Aunt Ran Feifei looked at Yang Dongxu teasingly and stretched out her hands to pick up little Wenchen.
Xiao Wenchen, who was originally a little scared when his father glared at him, immediately found someone to support him. One hand was holding Ran Feifei's neck, and the other hand was patting her little face and shouting shyly.
After packing her things, Zhou Ya took her son and went out to play with her eldest sister and her family without disturbing Yang Dongxu. Before arriving, everyone knew that Yang Dongxu was here to handle work, so they didn't feel anything unusual.
After sending his family out, Yang Dongxu pondered for a moment, took out his mobile phone and dialed a phone number.
Half an hour later, he appeared in an ordinary coffee shop on the streets of Espoo. A few minutes later, Carew walked into the coffee shop alone.
"I ordered a cup for you. The freshly ground coffee feels good." Yang Dongxu was drinking coffee at this time. He didn't stand up to shake hands with Kalu, but gestured to Kalu with the cup.
Cafes like this can be seen everywhere on the streets of Europe and the United States, which are somewhat similar to the tea stalls in domestic streets and alleys in earlier years. But now that domestic tea stalls have disappeared, such cafes are a bit smaller than domestic chess and card rooms. No matter in that community or on the street, you can see a chess and card room within a few steps. The density is as crazy as that of later generations. Rising pharmacies have a lot to offer.
The coffee sold in cafes like this also includes well-known brands such as latte and mocha. But what they sell more is the hand-selected coffee beans. The freshly ground coffee is very distinctive and tastes no worse than those famous brand coffees.
"Why did you invite me out, about shares?" Kalu looked at Yang Dongxu, he wanted to say a few polite words politely.
But for several days, Yang Dongxu seemed to be playing with his family as if nothing was wrong, although everyone knew that whoever spoke first at this time would be at a disadvantage. But this time, since Yang Dongxu asked him out alone, it was obvious that the matter had reached a critical point and there was no need for him to continue to be pretentious.
"Yes and no." Yang Dongxu smiled mysteriously.
"You'd better tell the truth. Although I have spent almost all of my time in China these years, I still don't understand the meaning of Chinese." Karu shrugged and said humorously.
"Someone sent me a greeting card yesterday and wanted to invite me to dinner. That person's name is Adams Smith." Yang Dongxu didn't beat around the bush.
Carew said nothing and waited for the rest, but when the name Adams came out, he frowned unconsciously. He seemed to have heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a while.
"He is the powerful vice president of the investment department of Bank One. Although I have not met him yet. But I can roughly guess that he is here for my shares in the Nokia mobile phone business, and I want to sell the shares in the Nokia mobile phone business." , only told the company’s top executives.
Originally, I didn’t necessarily need to sell it, but I had made several large investments recently and wanted to see if I could mortgage it to turn it over, or sell part of it. "
If Carew just frowned because he couldn't remember where he heard the name Adams. After Yang Dongxu finished talking about Adams' identity and purpose, he almost stood up from his chair without surprise.
"Um, are you sure?" Karu frowned.
The only reason why he was so shocked was because he was worried about whether Yang Dongxu would sell his shares in Nokia's mobile phone business to First Bank. Of course, there is also the matter of the top management of his company excepting spies.
No one likes a traitor, especially when the traitor takes a piece of meat that clearly belongs to him and gives it to others.
"I said I haven't met yet, so I'm not sure. But in order to spend time with my family this time, I arranged a long vacation for myself. I have traveled to various European countries for a long time.
Next, I have to go to Greece to watch the Olympic Games. It was only a week before I came to Finland that I announced to several senior shareholders of the company that I wanted to sell part of my mobile phone business shares to obtain cash. Then a few days ago, because of the senior management’s decision, I personally Came here to talk.
But within a few days of arriving here, the other party followed me and directly sent me a greeting card. I don’t think this is a coincidence. "Yang Dongxu shrugged.
Kalu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, and his expression became more and more solemn. It's good that Nokia is a giant, but Bank One is not easy to mess with. More importantly, Bank One is famous for its investment skills and willingness to spend money.
In terms of financial advantages alone, Carew does not think that the company's senior management can take advantage of First Bank.
"I may have to call a few friends to discuss this matter." Karu said.
"I won't send you away if you are busy with your business. I made an appointment to meet him in the afternoon, but we won't sign any agreement just by meeting. But you know that I need help recently, so you and your friends had better give me a reply as soon as possible. ”
Hearing Yang Dongxu's emphasis on the word 'friend', some embarrassment flashed across Kalu's solemn expression.
Yes, Yang Dongxu is the major shareholder of Nokia’s mobile phone business, and he even holds a certain share in Nokia Corporation. But senior executives at Nokia, even Carew, who had the closest relationship with him, actually treated him as an outsider from beginning to end.
If it weren't for the booming Asian mobile phone market, and if it weren't for the fact that the number of mobile phones produced by Yang Dongxu's OEM companies accounted for nearly three-quarters of Nokia's advanced mobile phones. No one can give a definite answer as to whether he can safely be a shareholder of Nokia mobile phones over the years and whether he can safely receive huge dividends every year.
Interest is the eternal theme of this world.