Chapter 794 We Came with Friendship

"Tuk Tuk Tuk!"

The hurried knock on the door awakened George Berkeley, who was burying his head in the document. He frowned and looked out the door, only to see his subordinate holding a document and looking at him anxiously.

"Bickley, what's wrong?"

The subordinate who called Bickley walked in quickly, and said hurriedly: "General manager, something has happened. People from Barclays Bank came to our company, and now they are downstairs. I have already invited them to entertain them."

"As soon as I entered the door, they offered me a takeover offer, and they didn't hide their intentions at all."

George Berkeley's eyes narrowed, and he immediately took the takeover offer in Bickley's hands and looked at it carefully.

The more he looked down, the more solemn his face became, his brows furrowed, and he did not hide his mood at all. His thoughts were all on the purpose of Barclays Bank.

For a long time, he took a deep breath, still intending to follow the instructions of the boss Xia Yu, to respond to all changes without change, let Barclays Bank make moves first, and then deal with them according to their actions. If it can't be dealt with later, it will be decided by the boss Xia Yu.

George Berkeley put the takeover offer in the drawer, and instructed Bickley, "Go and invite Manager Elena to come over first, and then invite the people from Barclays Bank to come up."

At this time, it is still necessary to move out the great gods in the company. It is even a little bit if they can play a role. If Elena can take the initiative to use the relationship of the Howard family to help, it will be even better.

George Berkeley knew all about Elena's ambiguous relationship with his boss, Xia Yu, but he pretended to turn a blind eye, and never directed Elena with the attitude of treating subordinates.

In George Berkeley's mind, even aside from the relationship with the boss, Elena is a golden sign of the company because of her family background. In many cases, complex things can often be simplified as long as others know.

In the UK, the Howard family's signboard is really good!

"Okay, I'll go right now!"

Bickley responded immediately and walked out quickly.

George Berkeley tidied up his desk, closed his eyes and pondered, typing a draft in his mind, in order to better deal with Barclays' uninvited guests.

After a while, the radiant Elena came to the office. George Berkeley quickly told her about the situation. Elena's expression became serious, and she found a place to sit down and wait for the people from Barclays Bank to come.

"It turned out to be him!"

A series of footsteps sounded, and when the big-headed man appeared in his field of vision, George Berkeley's pupils shrank, and his vigilance rose sharply.

The person he knew was Thomson Joyce, executive vice president of Barclays Bank, a senior executive of Barclays Bank.

Considering the strength of Barclays, Thomson Joyce is above him in status and social influence.

In general, the normal acquisition of stocks is led by middle-level staff, and it is rarely seen by senior executives with real power. Now that Barclays Bank is uncharacteristically, George Berkeley has to think more.

"Mr. Thomson, I didn't expect it to be you, please take a seat!"

"Mr. George, Ms. Elena, hello!"

...

After the two parties greeted each other, they sat down on the sofa face to face, and Bickley and the others immediately made coffee.

Because of the sudden appearance of Barclays Bank, the Bright Fund's plan to acquire the two banks could not be completed perfectly. It was embarrassing for George Berkeley to call Xia Yu, so he did not have the slightest affection for Barclays Bank, even if Thomson Joyce came to the door , his attitude is also very cold.

When the robber comes to the door, it would be good to have coffee, but if you want his good face, it is impossible!

Seeing George Berkeley's indifferent attitude, and looking at Elena's calm face, Thomson Joyce had expected it, he didn't care, smiled and said directly: "Mr. George, I don't know what I just gave Did you see the letter from your company staff?"

George Berkeley was expressionless and nodded slightly: "I see."

After two words, there is no following.

Thomson Joyce nodded,

He said again: "That's good, I also know that Manager George has a lot of things to do, so I just said it directly."

"I know the Bright Fund has a substantial stake in RBS and I would like to buy some from you."

George Berkeley raised his brows, and a deep doubt rose in his heart.

Buy some equity?

What Thomson Joyce said was so outlandish, it wasn't exactly what he expected.

He originally thought that Barclays Bank wanted to acquire all the shares held by Bright Fund, but he did not expect to acquire only part of it. What did Barclays Bank want to do?

Although he had doubts in his heart, George Berkeley did not show it. He firmly refused: "Sorry, our company has no plans to sell the shares of Royal Bank of Scotland, even if it is only one share, it will not be sold!"

Elena suddenly said at this time: "Mr. Thomson, in fact, our family is planning to visit Barclays Bank. We heard that Barclays Bank has equity in Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland. I wonder if it can be sold to the Howard family? "

Elena's words made Thomson Joyce look stunned for a moment, he did not expect Elena to say such a thing.

He frowned slightly, looked at Elena and asked, "Ms. Elena, can I know if this is what you mean or what your father means?"

Just as George Berkeley raised his heart slightly, Elena said without any hesitation, "Of course it's what my father meant."

Hearing this, George Berkeley's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but admire Elena, and he was also emotional.

He didn't tell Elena just now, and now Elena's words are completely autonomous, which directly moved Duke Howard out. I wonder if Duke Howard will know about it and will be helpless.

Thomson Joyce, who couldn't figure out the truth or not, frowned and thought for a while, then directly refused: "Ms. Elena, I'm sorry, Barclays Bank does not plan to sell the shares of the two banks."

Just when George Berkeley wanted to speak, Elena took the lead, and she directly replied: "Mr. Thomson, the same is true for our company! We don't lack this money!"

George Berkeley applauded secretly in his heart and gave a thumbs up for Elena's sharp counterattack.

He also said resolutely, "Mr. Thomson, I'm really sorry, our company isn't short of money, and it's not enough to sell stocks to survive."

This topic is out of the question!

Thomson Joyce was choked and uncomfortable, and the subordinates who came with him also looked at each other, just about to speak up to save face for his boss.

Seeing that Thomson Joyce's face was straight, he said solemnly: "Ms. Elena, Mr. George, don't be too vigilant, we are here with friendship."

"We just want to acquire a 5% stake in Royal Bank of Scotland. Bright Fund has no experience in operating a bank. As the largest bank in the UK, Barclays has the strength and experience to cooperate with Bright Fund."

"We're not trying to take RBS from you, all we want is cooperation!"

Five percent equity?

George Berkeley and Elena looked at each other, not understanding what Thomson Joyce wanted.

George Berkeley absolutely did not believe what Thomson Joyce said.

What the financial industry has is only interest, how come there is friendship, does Thomson Joyce really think he is a fool?

George Berkeley said clearly: "Mr. Thomson, you don't need to tell me these hypocritical words. I will still say the same thing. We will not sell any shares of Royal Bank of Scotland."

"Barclays is the largest bank in the UK, and Royal Bank of Scotland is just a small bank in Scotland. It is of no use to you. These days, you jumped out to compete with us for equity. What is the purpose?"

Thomson Joyce shied away: "There is no purpose, just optimistic about the future of Royal Bank of Scotland. If you hadn't acted in advance, maybe the entire bank would have been acquired by us."

"We just want to buy 5% of the equity right now. If you can't decide, you might as well tell your boss what we mean. If he can come to London, it would be great."

"It seems that today is not the right time for us to come, so next time, I hope you will think about it."

Before going out, Thomson Joyce stopped and solemnly left a meaningful sentence again: "We really came with friendship, I hope you don't misunderstand!"

After someone sent Thomson Joyce away, the atmosphere in the office was a little depressed.

After a long time, Elena got up and said to George Berkeley: "General Manager, this is a strange matter. I don't think it is a simple business matter. Let me tell the boss. Barclays seems to want the boss to come to London."

George Berkeley also sensed something was wrong.

He took a deep breath, nodded and said, "This matter is beyond my authority, I can only report it to the boss."

George Berkeley had been waiting at the company, and when it was only daylight in the eastern United States, he dialed Xia Yu's home in Seattle.

...

Seattle, USA, at eight in the morning, Xia Yu received a call from George Berkeley.

After listening to his detailed report, Xia Yu thought for a long time and decided to go to London.

George Berkeley originally told Xia Yu what Thomson Joyce said before he left.

Hearing that sentence, Xia Yu could already be sure that the Rothschild family was behind the scenes.

As for the real purpose of the Roshir family, although he has guesses, he is not absolutely sure.

But things have happened to such an extent that he can't even go if he doesn't want to.

Only when he understands the true purpose of the Rothier family can he be able to deal with it in a targeted manner.

"George, you have to be more vigilant these days, manage the company well, and wait until I come. Let's do it first!"

After speaking, Xia Yu hung up the phone.

After sitting and thinking in the living room for more than ten minutes, he made a few calls to Yan Shining and asked him to arrange his work, and immediately flew to London with some capable forces.

At the same time, he also asked Yan Shining to contact Ma Qianjun and conveyed some of his instructions.

There are some things that he has to guard against, after all, the Rohir family has a lot of dark history.

After explaining things, Xia Yu first returned to New York and explained some things to Peter Lynch and Yan Wenhan.

Two mornings later, Xia Yu boarded a plane to London at JFK International Airport in New York.

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