Chapter 313 Prepare to take action
"As for why they appear near you, I can help you catch them. I believe you will know by then..."
Mikhail finally said:
"In addition, I actually found that there are not just one or two waves of people who are interested in you, but quite a few people. And when I followed them, I got some unexpected gains, which can also be used as a trade. a part of."
Hearing Mikhail's words, Barron was not particularly surprised. After all, his security was mainly to ensure safety. As for those peeking in for other purposes, it was impossible for him to check them one by one. clear.
Just like before, Barron knew about the "eavesdropping scandal" that was later revealed by News Corporation's reporters, and would eavesdrop on the calls of some important people. Barron was able to do this in advance because of his interests. Deploy and collect evidence.
And his home and office will be checked regularly by relevant experts to avoid the presence of eavesdropping equipment.
He also rarely uses a landline phone to make calls - Barron uses separate mobile phones for business and private matters, and they are all provided by O2 Telecom. All his calls are encrypted by O2 Telecom, and privacy is the most important. All matters, such as communication with Ke Luo, are carried out through encrypted satellite phones.
In these respects he was always very careful.
But for other people or organizations who peek into his residence, Barron's security is to ensure that the other party does not enter a certain range. It is impossible to say that the entire area is blocked.
Therefore, Barron was somewhat interested in what Mikhail called his "harvest."
"I need to get some information. Otherwise, how can I be sure that these so-called 'harvested' intelligence is of use to me?"
"You should believe my sincerity, Your Highness the Duke, but I can give a little reminder that some of these conversations involve a person named Colin Hall..."
Colin Hall?
Barron's pupils condensed slightly. When the other party took the initiative to contact him and proposed to provide him with a high-value loan as collateral for O2 Telecom shares through Northrock Bank, Barron had doubts. It seemed that there was something going on behind his back. There is indeed some conspiracy.
"I can promise you that you can go to Belu Castle in Northern Ireland and find this person, and he will help you complete this matter..."
Barron wrote a name and contact number on the paper and handed it to Mikhail.
"I hope we can cooperate honestly with each other, Your Highness."
Mikhail took the note, looked at Barron deeply, and said.
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Global Industrial Investment Fund’s acquisition of Fast Retailing Group, the parent company of Uniqlo, continues and has made a breakthrough.
Through Goldman Sachs Group, it contacted Japan Trust Bank and Japan Trust Bank, which hold a total share of Fast Retailing Group as high as 34.36%, and GII Fund negotiated with them to acquire their shares in Fast Retailing Group.
Finally, a week later, we successfully reached an agreement with the two banks to acquire their 34.35% share of Fast Retailing Group at a premium of 20%... After paying US$1.115 billion to the two banks, Including the shares of Fast Retailing Group that continued to be acquired in the secondary market during this period, the shares of Fast Retailing Group held by GII Fund have exceeded 50%, reaching 50.5%.
At this time, GII Fund officially announced the proportion of shares they held, and began to contact Zheng Yanai, who currently controls the operating rights of Fast Retailing Group, and proposed to them that they hope to continue to acquire shares of Fast Retailing Group.
GII Fund stated that their acquisition of Fast Retailing Group shares was entirely based on financial investment and did not seek management rights to Fast Retailing Group. This also dispelled Yanai Zheng's hostility towards GII Fund.
After negotiating with Yanai Zheng, GII Fund agreed to acquire shares of Fast Retailing Group at this time, limited to a ratio of 65%. After reaching this ratio, it will stop acquiring shares of Fast Retailing Group.
The GII Fund still supports Yanai Zheng’s management of Fast Retailing Group. Yanai Zheng still serves as the chairman of Fast Retailing Group, and Tamatsuka Genichi serves as the president of Fast Retailing Group.
However, they requested that three board members be assigned to Fast Retailing Group to ensure the interests of the GII Fund.
At this time, the share price of Fast Retailing Group had risen by more than 20% due to the acquisition by the GII Fund. After the GII Fund reached an agreement with the management of the Fast Retailing Group, including Zheng Yanai, its share price began to fall slowly.
After that, GII Fund began to acquire shares of Fast Retailing Group one after another from the secondary market and from new shareholders. After finally spending about US$2 billion, GII Fund set the shareholding of Fast Retailing Group at 65%. It also became the first investment after the establishment of this fund.
In fact, it is Barron's opinion to just hold part of the shares of Fast Retailing Group and retain the shares held by the Yanai Zheng family and let them operate it.
In itself, the strategy of Global Industrial Investment Fund is to focus on investment. Although it will conduct mergers, acquisitions and integrations in some industries, it will not interfere with too many companies' operations.
Therefore, when they are not sure that the results of the business will be better than those of the original founders, they would rather make financial investments and leave the company's management to professionals.
This time, the investment in Fast Retailing Group is the embodiment of this concept.
After completing the investment in Fast Retailing Group, Finn Hudson, CEO of Global Industrial Investment Fund, left his team to handle the follow-up matters. He himself went to Saudi Arabia to discuss the Four Seasons Hotel with Prince Walid. matter……
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With Mikhail's help, Barron indeed controlled three suspicious people who often appeared around his London residence.
After interrogation, especially a "friendly conversation" with Mikhail, the other party confessed that they were taking orders from Louis Lafayette.
It’s not that Louis Lafayette’s tentacles have reached England, but when Barron took Alya to Riyadh for a visit, Alya beside him was recognized by Louis’ men...
After all, in the Middle East and South Asia, the other party has been in business for quite some time, and has interacted with many high-ranking people in the upper class.
After that, Louis Lafayette began to send his men to investigate Barron, the British Duke. The main purpose was to find out his relationship with Alya.
After all, although it is not clear why Alya suddenly disappeared, whether she escaped on her own or was held hostage; nor is it clear how much she knows about herself, but she has fallen into the hands of others, especially a powerful and powerful person. Here, they all pose a great threat to Louis Lafayette, who has too many secrets.
Barron had expected such a result before. However, although in the eyes of Alia and Mikhail, Louis Lafayette's energy was huge, in Barron's case, the opponent was actually a bit unskilled and not Barron saw it.
It is no exaggeration to say that, let alone him, even the powerful people in the Middle East can do anything to get Barron?
Previously, Barron was only interested in some of Louis Lafayette's behaviors as an "observation sample."
But now that the other party has decided on him, there is no need to keep it any longer...
Do you really think that the more than 2,000 armed personnel of the Protector Military Company in Iraq are a living wage? Just the elite special operations force after the expansion of personnel is enough for him to make a living.
The person Barron contacted Mikhail was the action planning team of the special operations force directly mobilized by him. Next, Louis Lafayette would be left to them to deal with it.
They will take Mikhail to the Protector Military Company's base in Iraq, and then set off from there for this operation.
