Chapter 921 Southern Water
“BOSS, I will actively cooperate with you in adjusting Veolia.” Anthony said quickly.
If you can't resist, just cooperate actively.
Stelle Bellino also quickly agreed.
Xu Liang smiled and nodded, "Don't worry, the stability of the company is more important than anything else. I will not make any big moves against Veolia."
'At least not for a while. ’
He added in his mind.
“Take a look at this information.”
The two of them quickly took it over.
After looking at it for a while, there was a hint of questioning in his eyes.
"Southern Water is one of my water companies in China. It currently has nine water plants in China, with a total daily processing capacity of 1.13 million tons, supplying water to 5.9 million people and more than 3,800 enterprises.
With 670 million euros Total assets.
In the first half of 2005, it achieved total revenue of 250 million euros and net profit of 21.3 million euros.
It has developed rapidly and has a bright future.
It overlaps with Veolia Water. If you don’t object, I plan to merge it into Veolia.”
After he acquired the Delong Group, he stripped off all the debts of Chongqing Industrial, one of the new three shares, and sold off the remaining assets one after another, leaving only the Southern Water Company.
After selling the company, he did not use it for other purposes. He used all the money to develop Southern Water.
The company that owns Binzhou Shanhe Water Plant has expanded to nine water plants through acquisitions and new construction.
Originally, he planned to develop for another year or two, use the shell of 'Chongqing Industrial' to be listed in Big A, and then gradually withdraw.
I didn’t expect to acquire Veolia by chance.
Since the businesses of both parties overlapped, there was no need to sell.
"BOSS, don't worry. We will actively complete the integration of Southern Water."
Anthony said happily.
China has always been the new market that Veolia attaches most importance to. It has been actively exploring it since the 1990s, and the returns are also very impressive.
Veolia’s growth in recent years mainly comes from China.
Southern Water has excellent assets. Once the merger and acquisition is completed, Veolia's tentacles will be able to penetrate into the water treatment market in inland China and continue to expand its business in China.
Xu Liang smiled and nodded.
Intervening in the management of Veolia is a ‘stick’, and the merger of Southern Water is ‘a sweet date’.
A combination of kindness and power is the right way.
"Okay, that's all I have to say. Do any of you have any questions?"
The two looked at each other.
Anthony asked: "BOSS, will Veolia be delisted?"
"No."
"Will it re-enter the relationship with Vidy Wang Group? Integrate together?”
“Since they have been separated, there is no need to merge.
Besides, the businesses of the two companies are completely different. Not only will the merger not produce much integration effect, but it will reduce each other's value due to internal friction. ”
General industry mergers and acquisitions and integration are divided into horizontal integration in the same industry, and vertical integration between upstream and downstream companies.
Veolia and Vidyone are not involved in either.
Forced integration not only has no benefits, but also has disadvantages
Xu Liang is not stupid, so of course he will not do it.
Anthony, who was relieved, quickly said: "I have no problem."
What he fears most is the loss of his own interests and power through integration.
After looking at him, Xu Liang didn't say much.
Selfishness is human nature.
If it were him, he was used to being the boss and didn't want to be the second child again.
"Ms. Boliano, what about you?"
"Boss, I heard that all employees of companies affiliated with the Xu Group have the right to invest in major funds under Hanhua, and their shares are not restricted. Is that so? "
"Yes. But the premise is that these funds are your funds.
Obtaining more fund shares through loans or financing is not allowed. "
“I understand, thank you, Mr. Xu.”
"Any more questions?"
"No."
Xu Liang stood up and said, "Let's go, I've ordered lunch. Let's eat together at noon."
Of course they will not refuse.
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In a luxurious apartment in the 1st arrondissement of Paris.
Bernard Arnault sat at his desk, flipping through the documents in his hand, sometimes frowning, sometimes smiling. He did not hide his emotions when no one else was around.
Dong dong….
There was a knock on the door.
Bernard simply tidied up the scattered documents on the table.
"Come in."
'Creak' the door opened.
Wearing a black suit and a red bow tie, an old-fashioned man opened the door and walked in.
“BOSS.”
“Dear Cole, is something wrong?”
"I just received news that representatives of the three major families, Dumas, Pieche, and Guéran, went to the Courbevoie Building with Patrick Thomas to visit the Golden Caesar."
Bernard's expression He froze, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.
After a while.
"Do you have any clues about the matter you want to investigate?" The old man handed over a document.
"According to our investigation, Golden Caesar has indeed established a financial investment department within the Vivendi Group. However, the confidentiality level of this department is very high, and we currently do not have an accurate list."
"We are No one inside Vivendi can dig out the information?”
“Yes. This department is directly responsible to Christina and Jean Foch, and no one else has the right to intervene.”
< br>Vidiwang Group is no longer a listed company.
There is no need to disclose its operating conditions to the outside world, so the board of directors and the board of supervisors were also dissolved.
Some of the high-level pieces he had installed over the years were out of commission.
Picking up the documents on the table and looking at them twice, Bernard sneered.
"Caesar is really careful."
From the information collected, basically none of the personnel in the financial investment department are French.
Some of them are international students from China who are related to finance; some are old Hanhua employees drawn from the United States and Southeast Asia, but there is no local French or European staff.
His plan to open a breakthrough from the families of these people failed.
“Continue collecting, no matter the cost.”
“Okay.”
“Is there no news from Foch yet?”
“ After Vincent Bolore's lessons, Jean Foch's family has immigrated to Switzerland
And it was fully protected by Xu Liang's red shield security.
Unless administrative power is used, or a violent armed force of more than ten people is used to attack, there is no way to reach it. "
Bernard pinched his eyebrows.
He can use administrative power or violence, but doing so will definitely alarm Xu Liang.
Even if Fu is caught by then Xu Liang will take care of Xu Liang immediately
Without first-hand key information, Foch's role was greatly reduced.
“What a difficult opponent.”
Bernard sighed in his heart.
After a lesson, I will never give you a second chance.
“Continue to track that financial investment department. I want to know more details about it, especially the investment direction.”
"Okay."
After the old man agreed, seeing that he had no more explanation, he turned and left.
Bernard, who wanted to continue working, felt uncomfortable, so he left his seat and walked to the window.
Staring in the direction of Xu Liang's mansion, his eyes flickered.
He could guess Xu Liang's purpose of manipulating Vivendi to sell off its net assets and retain debts. In addition to lowering the market value to complete the acquisition, he also planned to obtain income from the capital market to reduce Vivendi's debts.
After careful investigation, it turned out to be true.
But not being able to get more accurate information was a torment for him.
A trace of regret welled up from the bottom of my heart.
“It would be better if we didn’t take action so early.”
Without him and the six major families to coerce Xu Liang to hand over the interests, the defense of Vivendi’s financial investment department would never be as good as It's so strict now.
With his ability, he can take a peek and then follow behind to make a lot of money.
Unfortunately it was too late.
There is no regret medicine in the world.
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"Mr. Xu, from today on, you are a shareholder of Hermès. I hope that we can cooperate sincerely in the future to jointly grow the world's greatest luxury goods company." Trek Thomas laughed.
Handing the signed contract to Lu Hui next to him, Xu Liang smiled.
“It is an honor for me to join this great company, Hermès. I will do my best to help Hermès expand in China and even around the world, and prevent speculators with ulterior motives from coveting it.”
The two looked at each other and smiled, and they had a tacit understanding.
Everyone got what they wanted.
Coupled with the common enemy, this alliance is relatively stable.
Xu Liang turned his head.
“You three, I wonder how you have considered the proposal I made at Fontainebleau last time?”
“Mr. Xu, you are the most talented investment expert in the world. , it is our honor to cooperate with Hanhua in trust, so we decided that Dumas, Pieche and Guéran would each invest 200 million euros to establish a heritage trust.”
Xu Liang understood instantly that the three families were still worried about him.
I am only willing to spend 200 million euros to test the waters.
But this is understandable.
Hanhua's trust business has just exited, and there are no results to show for it.
If it were not for his sake, let alone 200 million euros, even 2 million euros would probably not be available.
But Xu Liang didn’t care.
When they taste the benefits, these people will take the initiative to add funds without him having to say much.
"Wise decision, I believe Hanhua Trust will not disappoint you."
Seeing that he was not angry, Axel Dumas, Bertrand Pieche and Martin Guerand simultaneously He breathed a sigh of relief.
They also know that what they give is a bit small, but they don’t feel relieved if it is more, so they can only do this.
"Mr. Xu, in order to ensure that Hermès is not taken away, all our money has been invested in the stock market recently, so we can only take out so much. After Bernard's invasion is defeated, we will definitely invest more money. "Bertrand Pieche said.
The other two people nodded in agreement.
"It doesn't matter, we will have many opportunities to cooperate in the future." Xu Liang said with a smile.
Bertrand Pieche gave Thomas next to him a look, and the latter understood.
"Xu, according to our investigation, Bernard's shareholding in Hermès has increased to 19.2%. He is pressing harder, but now we have thought of better ways to deal with it, so this time I want to ask you for advice."
Looking at everyone's faces quickly, Xu Liang sighed.
(End of this chapter)