Chapter 221 The Persistent Woman
“Your Highness the Duke, I think there is no need for us to continue to compete in Selfridges department store. This will only benefit other Selfridges shareholders...”
In Lao Slice After the phantom was activated, Barron deliberately asked after hearing Alana say such words to him:
"So the Weston family is willing to give up the acquisition of Selfridges department store?"
" …”
Barron's words directly made Alana choke...
She took a deep breath and said to Barron:
"You misunderstood me, Your Highness the Duke, I hope You can withdraw from the malicious price increase of Selfridges department store."
"I think Ms. Weston, you may have misunderstood us, although I am aware of it. I noticed that your Weston family’s acquisition of Selfridges was indeed due to your brother harassing my girlfriend..."
At this time, Barron and Bonnie were sitting in the back seat of a Rolls-Royce Phantom. , while Alanna was sitting in the passenger seat. Barron could clearly see that the other person’s face was not very good at this time...
He continued:
“But our bid for Selfridges is not a malicious increase in price, but we do believe that this is a good acquisition target and worthy of the price we are giving now. Of course, if you The family is willing to pay a higher price, maybe we will withdraw on our own initiative..."
After saying these words, Barron felt that he was really an honest person, very real...
Because it was decided at that time The bid for the shares of Selfridges held by the Selfridges family is 5,000 pounds higher than the 300 million pounds offered by the Weston family. This is not a random increase, but Barron believes that this price should be used to complete the acquisition of Selfridges. It is acceptable to complete the privatization of Selfridges department store at a price of about 700 million pounds, which is 100 million pounds higher than the Weston family paid in the original time and space.
So Barron really didn’t lie to Alanna. If their family continues to bid, DS Capital will give up the acquisition of Selfridges and sell his shares in Selfridges to the other party at a certain premium, earning four dollars in tears. Five million pounds left...
But looking at Alanna's expression at this time, it seems that she does not believe Barron's words, but takes them as a provocation to her family...
"I apologize to you for my brother's behavior, Your Highness the Duke... ..."
She looked back at Barron and Bonnie beside him, and said:
"I can guarantee that he will not appear in front of you again, Ma. We will transfer him back to Canada, and we can acquire your shares of Selfridges at a premium of 20%.”
Currently, DS Capital holds about 5% of the shares of Selfridges. These shares, they are. It cost about 28 million pounds to buy, which means you can make more than 5 million pounds if you resell it.
After all, although the Weston family often appears at the top of the rich list in England, in the final analysis, they originally made their fortune in North America. It was not until Alanna's grandfather's generation that they began to do business in England, and their main industries were still concentrated in Ireland. .
So if possible, they do not want to go against the Devonshire family, which has relatively large influence and connections in England.
And Alana's father had a "collecting habit" in the department store retail industry - later the family was willing to sell some of the stores of the Selfridges Group, also under W. Galen Weston, also known as Alana Way. The decision was made only after the death of Stone's father.
The purchase of Selfridges department store is very important to their family's strategy. After privatizing Selfridges department store, they plan to use Selfridges department store as the basis to establish the Selfridges retail group and continue to acquire some European retail companies. Injected into the Selfridges retail group...
Now is the first step, and there is no room for error.
"I already know your proposal, Ms. Weston."
At this time, the Rolls-Royce Phantom had parked in front of a well-known London restaurant. Barron opened the car door and said to Alana:
"I will consider what you said today. You can wait for my reply, but now I have to accompany my girlfriend for dinner."
After saying this, he got out of the car and met Bonnie We walked into the restaurant together.
"Sorry, ma'am, we are closed today."
Just when Alanna also got out of the car and wanted to follow up to continue convincing Barron, she was stopped by the restaurant staff.
Having dinner with his girlfriend, Barron naturally didn’t want others to disturb him, so he reserved the place directly.
Hearing the polite and unquestionable words of the restaurant staff, looking at Barron and the others who had disappeared at the door, they couldn't help but look cold.
......"Dear, if you still have things to deal with, we can leave later..."
Now that the final episode of the first season of "Love Island" has been edited and will be broadcast this weekend, this super popular love variety show, which has earned more than 30 million pounds for Summit Media and Halo Copyright Company, is also coming to an end. .
Similarly, according to what Barron and Bonnie said before, after she is busy with the post-production of "Love Island", the two of them will go on vacation together. The currently selected destination is, Sicily, Italy.
After meeting Alanna Weston today and hearing her talk about Selfridges, Bonnie was also very considerate and considerate of Barron.
Speaking of which, it was quite useful for Bonnie for a man to retaliate in anger because he was harassed by others.
Of course, the premise is that she likes Barron herself. If someone else did this, she would feel a little confused.
"It's okay, honey, it's just a small thing, it can't bother us."
With such tenderness and sweetness, and Barron's special preparation, this dinner was naturally a pleasure for the two of them. Eating very happily...
"Duke Cavendish..."
When Barron and Bonnie came out of the restaurant, they were surprised to see Alana coming out of the restaurant again. The Bentley parked at the door got out and greeted him.
This woman is really persistent. Barron sighed a little at her attitude.
"Ms. Weston, I told you, I will consider what you said, and you may be able to get the answer soon."
He asked Bonnie to get back to the car first, and then told Alan Na Weston said:
"You are like this now, you are not afraid to let me confirm S Is the elfridges department store so important to you that you are asking for such a high price?”
“I do not deny the importance of this acquisition of Selfridges department store, but I have also learned about your industry, Your Highness, I think the acquisition of Selfridges department store is so important. Idges department store is not your first choice, and besides that, I hope our family can establish friendship with you and cooperate with each other.”
“Then frankly speaking, in addition to giving If I pay a premium to acquire the shares of Selfridges, what benefits can I get from our friendship? You must know that the premium is not enough to support me to give up such a representative company as Selfridges. The Acquisition of Sexy London Symbols ”
"Of course we can have more win-win cooperation. For example, if we can complete the acquisition of Selfridges department store, then I will serve as the CEO of Selfridges Group in the future. I know that your DS Capital has excellent results in wealth management. Our Mutual pension funds also need a stable investment direction..."
I have to say that Alana found this direction very accurately, which really impressed Barron.
In fact, as she said, from the beginning, Barron understood that Selfridges was not the most suitable acquisition target for him. Although this high-end shopping mall was well-known, its operations way, does not suit Barron.
Speaking of Selfridges department store, or going to Selfridges department store, what is the most profound impression on people?
It is their endless creative display windows - the world's first display window that lights up at night, originated from Selfridges.
Also, they integrate fashion and art into every corner of the mall, always displaying unique styles.
To put it bluntly, what Selfridges needs is to conduct refined management and always devote a lot of energy to it.
Therefore, although Selfridges has a relatively high turnover and is well-known, it is still more suitable to be run by professionals like the Weston family who have generations of experience in the retail industry.
In comparison, Barron prefers retail chains like Argos, which have a fixed model and can be copied quickly.
For example, Selfridges department store, even if it opens branches in other cities, it is impossible to completely copy the previous model. Each store always needs to have its own unique personality. This is the user group of high-end shopping malls. ——Those rich people like.
At present, instead of spending 700 million pounds to buy Selfridges department store and find professionals to expend energy to operate it, it is better to use these funds to expand the number of Argos stores.
(End of this chapter)