Chapter 156 DS Financial Center
"What happened? Is the investigation clear? Is this an accidental bombing or an attack on our company?"
After Barron got the news The next day, Melvin's deputy Markle Paulson arrived in London in a dusty atmosphere.
Barron asked after seeing him.
“According to the current intelligence analysis, it should be an accidental bombing, because situations like ours are very common in Africa. In conflicts between armed organizations, we generally will not be affected, but accidents can also happen. It’s inevitable.”
Markle looked very capable. Although he had a tired look on his face, he still said clearly and coherently:
“At present, Colonel Coy’s condition has stabilized and he is still in the hospital. Soldier protection, I am here this time because I want to report to you the whole story of this matter. . ”
“No matter what, Mr. Coy was affected, and there were also casualties among our employees. This matter must be resolved.”
Barron looked into Markle’s eyes. , asked:
“What are you going to do?”
"At present, Colonel Coy still needs to recuperate. He has temporarily handed over the management of the company to me. Your Highness the Duke. After investigation, we are ready to help the current armed organization to carry out a strike against the other party in retaliation for this shelling."< br>
“Is there anything you need me to do? ?”
“That’s right, Your Highness the Duke, the armed organization currently entrusted to us needs more arms. They currently control an area, including several mineral deposits, and they hope to use one of them. a gold mine in exchange for some of our arms, and We have more support..."
It must be said that there are many mineral deposits buried under the soil of Africa. Judging from the reserves, uranium, chromium, manganese, cobalt, vanadium, gold, bauxite, platinum The reserves of advantageous minerals such as group metals, rubidium, diamond and phosphorus rank among the best in the world, and the reserves of platinum group metals are among the highest in the world. Accounting for 93.04% of the world's total reserves, rubidium accounts for 80%, phosphorus (ore) accounts for 83.90%, titanium accounts for 80.85%, cobalt accounts for 57.22%, bauxite accounts for 33.60%, oil, natural gas, iron, copper, palladium, germanium, Mineral reserves such as fluorite and graphite are also abundant.
The most famous thing is the diamonds there.
It's just because of this that except for a few countries in Africa that can maintain a stable political situation, the great powers have been carving up and plundering here through agents.
For "Empire Shield", although this time they encountered an accident, it can also be regarded as an opportunity to expand their scale, and Markle's idea is also very clear, that is, he hopes to obtain the Duke of Barron More support from His Highness.
After his last meeting with Melvin Coe, Barron injected 10 million pounds into the "Imperial Shield" military company and obtained 45% of the shares of this private military company. It can be said that he became The largest shareholder besides Melvin Coy.
After experiencing this injury, it is difficult for Melvin Coy to continue to manage the "Imperial Shield" military company, and now there is such a person who has obtained a gold mine and enhanced his influence in the local area. The opportunity was also a rare opportunity for the "Imperial Shield", so he entrusted his deputy Michael to see Barron, hoping that he could provide more funds for it.
Of course, everyone is ambitious. For Markle, this is also an excellent opportunity for him. He also hopes that he can take over the position of Colonel Coy and become the manager of the "Imperial Shield" who.
You know, if you really become one of those very powerful private military companies, it will be almost equivalent to a "Turkish Emperor" in Africa.
Markle naturally refused to let go of this opportunity to see His Highness the Duke in person and express her loyalty to him.
"Colonel Coy hopes to withdraw from the 'Imperial Shield' company after this revenge plan, sell his shares to you, and hopes to gain more support from you..."
The reason why Barron only held 45% of the shares of the "Imperial Shield" military company before was because he needed to judge whether the other party was worth his investment over a period of time.
But if it is true as Colonel Coy said, then after he continues to invest in "Imperial Shield", this company can only have one voice, and that is that everything will be in his interests first. It's not that he can't see Markle's ambitions, and he also allows the other party to have ambitions, but the premise is that they must be controlled.
He has already sent personnel to the "Imperial Shield" military company to supervise the company's financial situation. Now Barron has proposed that he can continue to provide more support to the other party, or he can Let Markel manage the company in the future, but the premise is that Markel will only be responsible for the military operations of the "Imperial Shield", and other aspects, including personnel and finance, need to be managed by others.
Of course, the most important aspect of intelligence belongs to the management of the intelligence team.
In this way, the next day, Barron's intelligence adviser Nigel Inkster went to Africa with Markle on behalf of Barron.
The purpose of his trip is to help "Imperial Shield" complete this "retaliation plan", and will later evaluate the "Imperial Shield" military company, finalize additional investment and complete the company Matters concerning the handover of shares.
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In early April, Mars Fund once again opened channels for accepting investment.
At this time, this private equity fund, with an initial capital of only 50 million pounds, controlled assets of more than 170 million pounds, and its rate of return exceeded 240%!
No wonder it is sought after by many investors.
This time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince once again invested 30 million pounds, and the original investors, including Viscount Bute, Duke of Westminster and others, also made additional investments to a greater or lesser extent. , coupled with a large number of new investors, Mars Fund received more than 300 million pounds of new investment.
At this point, the total assets controlled by this private equity fund, which was just over half a year old, are close to 500 million pounds!
After this, the main investment direction of Mars Fund is to go long!
Go long on gold prices, long on crude oil prices, long on raw material prices, and long on related real estate companies!
In short, before 2007, going long was the main direction of the Mars Fund.
Almost at the same time, on April 3, DS Capital finally reached an agreement with Lloyds Insurance Company. Their DS Asset Management Company will buy the company’s current location for 175 million pounds. Lloyd Building.
After selling the building to DS Asset Management, Lloyds Insurance Company will still rent two-thirds of the building's area and continue to use it as the headquarters of its British company.
And Lloyds Insurance Company will lease it temporarily for 5 years at a price of 16 million pounds per year. After 5 years, DS Asset Management will be allowed to increase the rent appropriately based on the market price at that time.
In this case, DS Asset Management actually paid £95 million to Lloyds Insurance Company (excluding five years of rent), completing the handover of the building ownership.
After purchasing the Lloyd Building, the building will be renamed Devonshire Financial Center as the headquarters of DS Capital.
In fact, of the 95 million pounds, DS Capital only needs to pay 50 million pounds in cash, and the remaining funds are all paid by loans provided by Barclays Bank.
(End of this chapter)