Chapter 898 Accelerating the Plan
“Currently, five members of Parliament have publicly expressed their opposition to the acquisition of South Scotland Electricity Company, including two members of Parliament and three members of the Scottish Parliament...”
On the phone, Nigel Inkster told Barron:
“At the same time, more MPs expressed their solidarity with United Power Group’s acquisition of South Scotland Electricity Company is a beneficial thing, both for strengthening local competition and for the financial situation of the Scottish government...”
It seems that after the acquisition, United Power Group The idea that full competition in the market is beneficial to the fact that its subsidiary British Power Company has a higher market share seems absurd.
But in fact, it really makes sense. After all, many previous surveys have pointed out that Scotland’s electricity market competition is not sufficient. The two major power companies, Scottish Power and Southern Scotland Power, are competing in electricity prices. are often full of tacit understanding.
After completing the acquisition, British Electric Power Company joined this market, which is conducive to breaking this tacit understanding - after all, it is also because British Electric Power Company is larger in scale, and its average cost will be lower relatively speaking. Some.
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 two local power companies before this part of the shares.
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 away. Their finances have also been reduced, causing problems in some public services. .
Once the Southern Scotland Electricity Company is sold, the Scottish government will be able to obtain a considerable amount of funds, which will naturally be very beneficial to alleviate their current financial pressure.
Of course, whether it is the media such as "The Times" or the congressmen who stood up to speak for this acquisition, they are certainly not saying that it is completely "based on facts", whether it is some "foundations" funded by Barron's ", or the resources of United Energy Group, are the main reasons for those congressmen to express "goodwill".
As for those congressmen 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 be able to It made some of them change their attitudes. As for the strong ones among them, The hard elements... should learn a lesson after this incident."
"We are already doing this, Your Highness, the intelligence department has obtained the investigation information of some of them, and others are also under investigation. , I believe they will make a wise choice.”
After hearing Nigel's words, Barron smiled and said:
"I believe you can do a good job. By the way, the Sinclair family..."
"Our North American branch has already If there are any results during the special investigation against John Smith and other members of the Sinclair family, I will inform you as soon as possible.”
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In fact, The reaction of politicians to United Power Group's acquisition of Southern Scotland Electricity Company this time is just a microcosm of Barron's plan to eliminate "non-cooperators".
Barron has been preparing this plan since he realized that he needed to change the outcome of Britain's "Brexit".
In other words, before that, he had already realized the importance of those "voices" that influenced policies to his interests. It was only after that that he invested more resources and formulated more policies. Detailed plan.
At present, there are more than 10 various organizations and foundations in the UK, with his companies as the main investors.
And these institutions provide financial support to many politicians...
Especially within the Conservative Party, his think tanks have been evaluating the number of parliamentarians and dignitaries they can influence. And the attitude of some politicians will be verified through things like this acquisition of United Power Group.
Those who stand on his side will receive continued financial and media support. As for those who dare to oppose, of course they will either engage in "friendly negotiations" or step down due to scandal.
After all, with Barron's current asset size, if there are not enough "spokesmen" to protect his own interests - especially in his home base of England - there will always be hidden dangers.
If he wants to stabilize his industry, or even continue to expand...
It is very critical to put the right people in the right positions. This not only refers to the company's management, but also to the politicians.
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"A speedboat is approaching, alert!"
As the alarm sounded, the personnel on the drilling platform suspended their work and followed usual drills to gather in the platform safe house.
At this time, several heavily armed security personnel appeared on the side of the platform. They used binoculars to observe the approaching speedboat in the distance.
There are two speedboats. From the telescope, it can be seen that there are about ten black people in various clothes on the speedboats, most of whom are holding guns.
When the speedboat approached the platform less than 50 meters, some of the militants had already fired at the platform.
Although this distance is almost not dangerous based on the accuracy of the AK rifle in the opponent's hand, the security personnel on the side of the ship still spread out to find bunkers to avoid.
They could already hear the clear sound of bullets hitting the hull from the side of the platform...
"This is the South Mira drilling platform. It was attacked by armed men. The other party held a rifle and no RPG found..."
"Please stay on standby, the helicopter is heading..."
"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 legs, they would quickly lean out and shoot downwards. , to stop the other party's actions...
Finally, more than twenty minutes later, they heard the faint sound of a helicopter in the distance, and couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, the militants who attacked the drilling platform also spotted the armed helicopter flying towards them, but saw someone among them taking out a pipe-like object from the speedboat and carrying it on his shoulders...< br>
“Attention, attention, the opponent has an RPG and is aiming...”
“Received!”
Just after the security personnel on the platform notified the helicopter, they saw a rocket flying towards the helicopter with a long tail flame.
At the same time, after receiving the reminder, the helicopter urgently changed its flight altitude. The rocket missed the bottom of the helicopter a few meters away, causing everyone to break out in a cold sweat...
Next, I found that the other party did not continue to fire. There should be one flechette this time...
Then the machine gun on the helicopter started shooting at the speedboat...
The security personnel on the drilling platform also took this opportunity, He leaned out from behind the bunker and fired at the speedboat on the sea.
In the end, one of the two speedboats was probably hit by a fuel tank and exploded.
The other boat hurried away from here, still leaving two bodies behind.
(End of this chapter)