Chapter 269: Gambling

The news that Alexander and the army ants cooperated was not concealed. The news was made public as soon as Alexander returned to Europe.

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

As soon as the news of the full cooperation with the army ants came out, there was an uproar in the media. In addition to this, Alexander also announced that a regional network of agents will be established throughout Europe.

Alexander's behavior almost made Roche the agent of the Army Ant Company in Europe. Because of this action of Roche, the capital's plan to block the marching ant company completely failed.

On the Internet, reports about Roche are overwhelming, including major mainstream media in the world. Many platforms have invited economic experts to judge the situation of Roche, which is good or bad, but more people choose to enlarge the negative evaluation.

"Roche will become the puppet of the army ants! 》

"Alexander will lead Roche into the abyss. 》

"Joint Army Ants? Is it an opportunity for Roche to rise, or a shortcut to destruction. 》

"Short-sighted? Roche lost watermelon and picked sesame! 》

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The mainstream voices are chanting this cooperation. As for whether anyone is secretly guiding public opinion, it is unknown.

Not long after the bad voice came out, the Butterfly Eye series mobile phones of Marching Ant Company appeared in advertisements on various platforms.

Many people have seen butterfly eye mobile phones on the Internet, but there is no butterfly eye for sale in Europe, and they can only be purchased on some purchasing platforms or other channels. Therefore, the butterfly eye mobile phone in Europe is much more expensive than the official price.

Many people like that design style and shape, and they have also heard of the powerful performance of the butterfly eye phone, such as the most secure smartphone operating system, the most advanced smart assistant, etc.

Although Huawei and Samsung's mobile phones are also equipped with the intelligent assistant of the army ant company, there is still a gap between the operating system and the design style of the butterfly eye.

The flagship phone released by the Army Ant a year ago still has better performance than the current flagship phones of those mobile phone companies. This is the gap.

Capital fights have little impact on ordinary people.

As soon as the Butterfly Eye mobile phone was launched in Europe, it was snapped up by consumers. Because the first batch is limited in number, and half of it is a customized machine of Rois Telecom acquired by Roche,

If you can't get a mobile phone, some people who like butterfly eye mobile phones can only buy custom phones.

The telco's subscribers are steadily increasing, which is a very good sign.

At the same time, the termite system and a series of corporate office equipment of Marching Ant Company also appeared in the office purchase orders of many small and medium-sized enterprises by virtue of the characteristics of the safest office system.

In the past, many companies wanted to buy equipment, but they were not available in China. They were small enterprises, and importing in small batches was very troublesome and expensive. Now Roche brings these things into the European market, which is not the case.

The termite system of Army Ant Corporation once appeared when the "clown virus" threatened the world's network security. It was so eye-catching at the time that many people speculated that the clown virus was deliberately released by Army Ant Corporation.

There are many rumors, but nothing has been confirmed.

The only certainty is that the safety factor of the termite system is indeed higher than that of Mac and Windows, and after the development of the army ant company, various office ecosystems have become mature, and artificial intelligence assistants have improved office efficiency. Naturally, it has become the first choice for many companies. .

After the various equipment of Army Ant Company entered the European market, a wind immediately formed and began to sweep.

But luck and misfortune

After Alexander's high-profile announcement of his cooperation with the army ants, some situations also occurred in Roche.

At this time, in the meeting room of the Luo Family Manor, everyone was wearing formal family clothes with a cautious expression. This is their family meeting, which is attended by the most important members of the family. It usually only appears when it is related to major family decisions.

Alexander, as one of the heirs, was also at the conference table. Next to him is his father, David Rothschild.

At the conference table, there are also his uncles and heirs of the family's various industries, his brothers and sisters.

Many people's faces were not very good, and they looked at Alexander from time to time.

Acting for Army Ant's products, including intelligent robots, mobile phones, computers, etc., Roche did make some money.

But they lose more than they gain.

After Alexander announced to help the marching ants enter the European market, their Roche investments in various industries were attacked by unknown consortia and suffered heavy losses.

In addition to the exposed investment plans, some almost successful investment projects were also aborted due to the intervention of unknown consortiums.

As those media said, this is obviously the choice of sesame seeds without watermelon.

For the products of Army Ant Company, they only have agency rights and can only get a small profit, and the majority of them are still in the hands of Army Ant Company.

If they had the shares of Army Ant Company, they could devote their family power to help Army Ant enter the international market, but they did not.

For investment, they can own shares in the company, and they are not afraid that the other company will interrupt their cooperation with them. It is different now, the army ants can change agents at any time. At that time, Roche has really lost his wife and lost his soldiers.

Compared with those consortium giants, today's Roche can only be regarded as an ant. A lot of investments are already gone, and they may earn a little more in the short term. Over time, without decent investment, they will not be able to expand their contacts, and Roche's situation will become more and more difficult, which is not a good thing.

"We don't need to investigate the leak of the investment plan, but the banking group must discontinue the cooperation with the army ants." It was Alexander's uncle Eric, the former head of the Lafite Rothschild group who spoke.

"Why?" Alexander asked casually.

"You said." Eric looked at his daughter Saskia and James opposite.

"Cooperating with Army Ant Company has allowed us to be targeted by those big financial groups. Our family's current situation cannot resist the impact of those big financial groups. Our plan to acquire a French winery has been successful, but BlackRock Group participated After that, our acquisition failed," Saskia said.

"There is also De Beers preparing to acquire a newly discovered diamond mine in South Africa. They are already negotiating, and because of the participation of the Vanguard Group, they interrupted the negotiations with us." Sitting opposite him, James, the heir of the jewelry business, also spoke.

After Saskia and James spoke about the situation, other industry leaders on the court also spoke out about the situation they were facing.

Although it was not caused by the cooperation with Army Ant, the leaked investment plan and the wave of media reports have had a considerable impact on their business.

"If you can get the shares of the Army Ant Company, we can do our best to help you. After all, it's all for the family, but now it's just an agent. There are some things that you should understand without us saying it." An old man sitting on the seat said. .

"Yes, if you can get the shares of Marching Ant Company, even if you sell our company's business, we will help you. But for a little agency fee, we offended many people, the family business suffered heavy losses, plus the investment plan It was leaked by you again, and now the family is struggling, and if this continues, the situation of our family will only become more troublesome." Another old man also echoed.

"What do we exchange with the army ants? Shares in the bank? The shares in the winery? If it is replaced by us, will we exchange? Making such a request will only make the other party disgusted. Don't forget how the army ants and the Altice Group were originally. falling out.

The group is in my hands, and I have an obligation to make it better. I have my plan. If the cooperation is terminated because of a little external force, how will others view us at Roche, and others will dare to cooperate with me in the future? "

Alexander retorted, and David on the side was silent, just listening quietly.

"This is your immature decision-making. Many people see the potential of army ants, but why no one cooperates with them? If we cooperate, we will get our turn? There are deeper things here that you haven't seen, you still Too young," Eric said.

Seeing Eric speak again, everyone else turned their attention to Alexander. Because Chateau Lafite makes a lot of money and its status in the family is also improving, Eric is the most influential person on the field.

Alexander looked very bad. Eric said that he was young, which meant that he was not competent enough to manage the banking group.

"They don't cooperate because they are too greedy and want the army ants to compromise and hand over their shares. In their eyes, the apples grown by others should be distributed to them, otherwise the apple trees will be destroyed.

No one wants to cooperate with army ants in depth. We cooperate with them, which shows that we are more sincere. Why can't we consider this an opportunity? "

"Opportunity for agency? It's just an agency right, you can get it at any time, and the army ants can also remove it at any time. What else do you have?"

Eric said bluntly.

"The annual profit of our winery is handed over to you to manage. Now you use that money to mess with us and make us suffer losses. This is the opportunity you said?

If you do not interrupt the cooperation with Army Ant Company, either you will give up the position of the banking group, otherwise, the annual profit of our group will be made by ourselves. "

"I agree with Eric, either you give up the position of the banking group, or cut off the cooperation with the army ants. If you continue, the family will only suffer more losses. We will also consider whether the company's profits should be transferred to Leave it to you to manage." Another old man echoed.

"Meaning, if I don't interrupt cooperation, we will split up?" Alexander's face darkened.

"Okay, stop."

David, who has been silent for a long time, spoke, and everyone on the field fell silent. They've been putting pressure on David, just want him to take a stand. This matter has already hurt their interests, and they cannot remain indifferent.

"Give him two years. If he doesn't control the situation within two years, I can help him call the shots and give up his position as the heir to the banking group, how about that?" David swept the face of everyone on the field. .

"In our current situation, after two years, I'm afraid everything will be too late, at most one year." Eric said: "After one year, he only needs to increase the profit of the banking group by 20%, even if he succeeds."

"20% a year is too high, right?" David frowned. 10% profit in a year is already very high, and 20% is already very scary.

"It's not high, don't forget, the winery and jewelry industry lost a lot of money because of this. Didn't he say he has his own plans? This shows that 20% is not difficult."

"In a year and a half, I increased the bank's profit by 25%. If I can't do it, I will quit automatically and you will choose and manage it." Alexander said solemnly.

"Can."

Some of the old people on the field seemed to have achieved their goal, with a successful smile on the corner of their mouth. They forced the palace just for this gamble.