Chapter 898 Accelerate the plan

"Currently, five MPs have publicly expressed their opposition to the acquisition of South Scottish Power, including two MPs and three members of the Scottish Parliament..."

Nigel Inkster said to Barron on the phone:

"At the same time, more MPs said that United Power's acquisition of South Scottish Power is beneficial to both strengthening local competition and the financial situation of the Scottish government..."

It seems that after the acquisition, British Power, a subsidiary of United Power, has a higher market share. The view that full competition in the market is beneficial seems absurd.

But in fact, it is quite reasonable. After all, many surveys have pointed out that the electricity market in Scotland is not fully competitive. The two major power companies, Scottish Power and South Scottish Power, often have a tacit understanding in the competition of electricity prices.

After completing the acquisition, British Power will join this market, which will help break this tacit understanding-after all, it is also because British Power is larger in scale, and its average cost will be lower relatively speaking.

Then I am afraid that if they start to compete for local users in Scotland, Scottish Power will start to feel the pressure...

In addition, the Scottish government also held a part of the shares of two local power companies before this.

The current situation is that after the subprime mortgage crisis, Cameron is committed to reducing government spending in the UK, and the Scottish government naturally cannot stay out of it. Their finances have also been reduced, causing some public services to have problems.

Once the Southern Scottish Power Company is sold, the Scottish government will be able to obtain a considerable amount of funds, which is naturally very beneficial to alleviate their current financial pressure.

Of course, whether it is the media such as The Times or the MPs who stand up to speak for this acquisition, it is certainly not completely "based on facts". Whether it is some "foundations" funded by Barron or the resources of United Energy Group, they are the main reasons for those MPs to express "goodwill".

As for those MPs who oppose, there are naturally other capital interests behind them, but the reality is that they are not on Barron's side now, so the consequences...

"I hope to change the attitude of some of them. As for the hardliners... they should be taught a lesson after this incident."

"We are already doing it, Your Highness. The intelligence department has obtained the investigation of some of them, and others are also under investigation. I believe they will make a wise choice."

Hearing Nigel's words, Barron smiled and said:

"I believe you can do it well. By the way, the Sinclair family..."

"Our North American branch is already conducting a special investigation on John Smith and other members of the Sinclair family. If there is any result, I will inform you as soon as possible."

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In fact, the reaction of politicians to the acquisition of South Scottish Power by United Power Group this time is just a microcosm of Barron's plan to eliminate "non-cooperators".

Since realizing the need to change the result of Britain's "Brexit", Barron has begun to prepare this plan.

Or before that, he had already realized the importance of those "voices" that influenced policies to his interests. Only after that did he invest more resources and develop more detailed plans.

At present, there are more than 10 organizations and foundations in the UK, which are mainly funded by his company.

And these institutions provide financial support to many politicians...

Especially within the Conservative Party, his think tank has been evaluating the number of MPs and politicians they can influence, and will verify the attitudes of some politicians through things like the acquisition of United Power Group this time.

Those who stand on his side will receive continuous financial and media support. As for those who dare to oppose, of course, they will either conduct "friendly negotiations" or step down because of scandals.

After all, if Barron's current asset scale is not achieved, if there are not enough "spokespersons" to guarantee his interests - especially in his home base of the UK - then there will always be hidden dangers.

If he wants to stabilize his industry, or even continue to expand...

Then it is very important to put the right people in the right position.     This not only refers to the company's management, but also those politicians.

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“A speedboat is approaching, alarm!”

As the alarm sounded, the personnel on the drilling platform stopped working and went to the platform safe house to gather according to the usual drills.

At this time, several fully armed security personnel appeared on the side of the platform, and they used telescopes to observe the speedboats approaching from a distance.

There were two speedboats. From the telescope, it can be seen that there were about ten black people in various clothes on the speedboats, most of whom were holding guns.

When the speedboat was less than 50 meters away from the platform, some of the militants had already fired at the platform.

Although at this distance, with the accuracy of the AK rifles in the hands of the other party, there was almost no danger, but the security personnel on the side of the ship still scattered and found shelters to avoid.

They could already hear the crisp sound of bullets hitting the hull from one side of the platform...

"This is the South Mira drilling platform, which has been attacked by armed elements. The other party has rifles, but no RPGs have been found..."

"Please stay on standby, the helicopter is on its way..."

"Received!"

After contacting the headquarters, the security personnel on the drilling platform carefully observed the movements of the two speedboats. Whenever a speedboat approached the platform and the other party was about to climb onto the platform from the pile legs, they quickly leaned out and shot down to stop the other party's actions...

Finally, after more than 20 minutes, they heard the sound of a helicopter faintly coming from a distance, and they couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At this time, the armed elements who attacked the drilling platform also discovered the armed helicopter flying towards them, but saw that one of them took out a tube-shaped object from the speedboat and carried it on his shoulder...

"Attention, attention, the other party has an RPG and is aiming..."

"Received!"

Just after the security personnel on the platform notified the helicopter, they saw a rocket with a long tail flame flying towards the helicopter.

At the same time, after receiving the reminder, the helicopter urgently changed its flight altitude. The rocket passed by the bottom of the helicopter a few meters away, making everyone sweat coldly...

Then, it was discovered that the other party did not continue to launch rockets. It should be that this time it only carried one...

So the machine gun on the helicopter began to shoot at the speedboat...

The security personnel on the drilling platform also took this opportunity to lean out from behind the bunker and shoot at the speedboat on the sea.

In the end, one of the two speedboats should have been hit by the fuel tank and exploded.

The other one hurriedly left here, still leaving two bodies.