The First Thousand and Ninety-Four Chapters Lure

This morning, Xia Yu was eating breakfast at home, looking at a resume on the table on the left from time to time.

This resume was faxed from London this morning. It is the resume of Peter Monroe, the 26th Governor of Hong Kong, who was appointed by the British government to succeed MacLehose just yesterday.

Yes, the 26th Governor of Xiangjiang is not the Yod in the past life history, but another person has appeared.

Xia Yu was sure that this was due to his butterfly effect.

If nothing else, the new Governor of Hong Kong will arrive in Hong Kong on May 20 this year to replace MacLehose and officially perform his duties.

It's only January 6, 1982, with more than five months to go.

On the resume, the life work experience and basic information of Peter Monroe are clearly written.

Peter Monroe was born in 1925. He is fifty-seven years old this year. He has thirty-two years of diplomatic experience. He is an experienced diplomat. In addition to being a diplomat in North Africa for nearly ten years, the remaining twenty Both years were spent in Asia.

One of the experiences that attracted Xia Yu's attention was that from 1958 to 1964, Peter Monroe served as an officer of the Colonial Secretary when he was the governor of Hong Kong in Belize.

At the end of the resume, there is also an analysis of his character traits. The most obvious one is that this person is not a nationalist, and he has no obvious pro-China stance, nor an anti-China stance...

"Oh, Margaret Thatcher still took into account instability."

"It's okay if it's not Youde, then it's up to Argentina to do it."

"I made a big noise in France, maybe this old woman has to worry..."

...

After breakfast, Xia Yu drove to the company.

After arriving at the company, I immediately convened the acquisition team for a meeting, first to learn about the latest situation, and then assign tasks to start action.

After all, the Louis Vuitton Group is a non-listed company. Although the board of directors has been re-elected, the Bright Fund only holds 58.8% of the equity and cannot fully control the board of directors.

Generally speaking, for the private placement of private companies and the proposal of company merger, the board of directors agrees with more than half of the proposal, but this is only a general situation.

The Vuitton family has brought in investors in the past. In order to keep the family's control of the Louis Vuitton group, they have amended the company's articles of association. Major matters like these require more than two-thirds of the voting rights to pass.

Non-listed companies do not stipulate that they must set up one-third of independent directors, and Louis Vuitton Group does not set them up, so the voting rights of the board of directors are basically equal to those of the general meeting of shareholders.

According to the articles of association of the Louis Vuitton group of companies, the private placement requires the approval of two-thirds of the board of directors to pass, so Xia Yu has no way to dilute the Vuitton family's equity through private placement. It is also impossible to forcefully push for the merger of Louis Vuitton and Moët Hennessy.

Since formal business means cannot be used, then take advantage of the weakness of human nature!

There were two final resolutions at the meeting. One was that Leo Martin would be in charge of the private placement of Moët Hennessy Wine Group to dilute the equity of the Hennessy family.

Moreover, in order to retaliate against the Hennessy family, the private placement was not based on the previous high market value of Moet Hennessy Wine Group of nearly 6 billion francs, but based on the asset situation, the additional issuance was conducted with actual assets of 2.1 billion francs. With a capital of one billion francs, the only target for the additional issuance is the Bright Fund.

As long as the private placement is implemented, the shareholding ratio of the Hennessy family will drop from 17.5% to 11.85%, while the shareholding ratio of the Bright Fund will increase to 88.15%. .

The Hennessy family will lose more than 210 million francs!

The second decision was for Xia Yu to personally meet Henry Rigamir, the president of Louis Vuitton Group.

Everything is different from person to person.

Talk to Alain Chevalier about dreams, and with Henri Rigamil, you need to use real benefits!

...

It's three o'clock in the afternoon,

The same restaurant near the Champs-Élysées where I last met Alain Chevalier.

Xia Yu met Henry Rigamil, a gentleman with curly blond hair and gold-rimmed glasses.

After a brief chat, Xia Yu praised his achievements and dedication in the Louis Vuitton Group, but when he was in a good mood, he suddenly talked about the shortcomings of the Louis Vuitton Group.

"Mr. Henry Rigamil, although the Louis Vuitton group is famous all over the world, but limited by funds, the current market share of luggage is not particularly high."

"And compared to other companies, the Louis Vuitton Group's business is limited to the luggage field, and the boundaries of the fashion and boutique markets are very broad. How long does it take for the Louis Vuitton Group to expand its business?"

Facing the question suddenly posed by Xia Yu, the major shareholder, Henry Rigamil was at a loss for words.

Just when he was struggling to figure out how to answer Xia Yu's question.

Xia Yu smiled again and said: "Mr. Henry Rigamil, starting a business from scratch will not only take a long time, but also require huge funds. If you can make Louis Vuitton Group and a powerful big company Merger, then with the help of another company's resources, the effect will be 1+1>2, what do you think?"

This time, if Henry Rigamil didn't understand Xia Yu's purpose, he would not be qualified to be the president.

What's more, the Bright Fund has been in the limelight during this time, and has just privatized the wine giant Moët Hennessy Wine Group.

Could it be that Xia Yu was planning to push for the merger of Moët Hennessy and Louis Vuitton?

With this guess, he squeezed out a stiff smile and asked, "Mr. Xia, which company do you want to merge with the Louis Vuitton Group?"

Xia Yu smiled and spit out a name: "Moët Hennessy Winery Group."

Indeed it is!

After the conjecture was verified, the smile on Henry Rigamil’s face disappeared completely, and he said embarrassingly: “Mr. Xia, Moët Hennessy’s influence is in the wine market, while Louis Vuitton is in the luggage market. The merger of two companies will not be able to share resources, and it will not produce enough benefits for the Louis Vuitton Group.”

The reason is that, but in fact it is because the Moët Hennessy Group is too large.

At the time of listing, Moët Hennessy Wine Group had a market value of more than 5.85 billion francs.

And what about the Louis Vuitton Group?

Killing them is less than two billion francs.

If the two companies merged, the Vuitton family's shareholding would drop by three-quarters to about 10 percent.

Without a veto power, the Weedon family will lose their ability to protect themselves.

And his position as president of the Louis Vuitton group is estimated to be lost.

So whether it is for the interests of the Weedon family or for his own personal interests, he will not agree.

The company's long-term interests were not linked to his interests, and he had no need or reason to agree to Xia Yu's proposal.

Xia Yu shook his head slightly and retorted: "Mr. Henry Rigamil, although the main consumers of wine are men and the main consumers of luggage are women, they are mainly aimed at middle and high-end customers, and some of them are similar."

But Xia Yu didn't want to argue too much in this regard.

He did not wait for Henry Rigamil to express his opinion, and suddenly asked a question that went beyond the borders.

"Mr. Henry Rigamil, I know you are the son-in-law of the Wiedon family. You have served the Wiedon family for so many years. How are they treating you?"

Henry Rigamil's expression froze, then returned to normal, and said vaguely: "The treatment is not bad."

Xia Yu smiled lightly and said to himself, "I know the salary is not bad, but although your wife belongs to the Weedon family, the equity of this company has nothing to do with you, your wife and son."

"Don't you want to save something for your children? Like equity in a company?"

Henry Rigamil trembled inwardly, his mouth wriggled, but he could not utter a word of denial.

Because Xia Yu's words spoke to his heart.

Although he is the son-in-law of Henry Vuitton, he does not have any equity in the company, and because there are many members of the Vuitton family, his wife has five brothers, and the asset inheritance method of the Vuitton family is also special. , destined that his children are not eligible to inherit part of the assets of the Louis Vuitton group.

But Xia Yu, the current major shareholder of Louis Vuitton Group, suddenly told him about it, how could he not understand? His heart began to stir.

The temptation is too great!

There is an essential difference between working for others and becoming a shareholder yourself!

Henry Rigamil was right to be silent!

This means that he is really moved.

Xia Yu didn't waste his time either, glanced around and determined that when no one was around, he actually said some high-sounding words to Henry Rigamil, in order to convince him: "Mr. Henry Rigamil, Louis Vuitton The combination of the Group and Moët Hennessy Wines Group is a powerful combination that will create greater value.”

"Even though the equity ratio of the Vuitton family is reduced after the merger, the price potential in the future will actually be higher. How can the luggage market be compared to the wine and luxury goods market?"

"You don't have to waste energy from the Vuitton family, and you can get greater benefits. The benefits of the merger far outweigh the drawbacks for them. The only drawback is the loss of management rights, but have they handed over the management rights to you soon? "

Then Xia Yu immediately threw out the most intuitive benefit: "If you can cause the Vuitton family to agree to the merger, then I will give you enough remuneration."

"And the two companies are just resource integration. In fact, they are both subsidiaries of the parent company. Your ability has been proven, and I will appoint you as the president of the Vuitton Group."

"What do you think?"

Henry Rigamil's heart shook, and Xia Yu's words were repeated in his mind.

For a long time, his personal interests overwhelmed the interests of the Weedon family.

And he has a certain degree of confidence in persuading the Vuitton family to agree to the merger, so he can still give it a try!

He took a deep breath, looked at the smiling Xia Yu, and said, "Mr. Xia, how much can you give me?"

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