Recently, Li Zeju and He Huang's top executives had been to the US and Canada frequently. They are going to invest in the port and acquire telecommunication companies in Canada and the US.
This is what Li Zeju had discussed with Feng Yu. Ralph can handle the US side, but Li Zeju has the upper hand in Canada. After all, he is a Canadian now.
The top executives of Cheung Shi also visit the UK frequently. Last month, Superman Li had even visited the UK personally.
This month, Superman Li received good news. The deal to acquire the UK's power grid had been settled. Yesterday, Superman Li went to sign the contract personally, and the total value is about 9 billion USD. Although the profits are not high, the returns are stable. They only need to invest a sum of money to upgrade the power grid.
Also, there is a breakthrough in the negotiations for the UK Water Company. Now, they only lack the final price. After the acquisition, they will own about 8% of the UK's water supply.
This was not the end. Superman Li felt that 8% was too low, and the competition was too weak. That's why he is negotiating with another water and sewage company. He wants to acquire both companies and merge them together. This way, he will have more say in the industry.
This investment is estimated to cost about 3 billion USD.
If it is just Cheung Shi alone, it will not have enough cash flow. But with Feng Yu's investment, there is nothing to worry about. Furthermore, Superman Li and the rest of the shareholders had invested in Cheung Shi, and Cheung Shi is more powerful than Feng Yu's previous life.
Superman Li has a lot of prestige in the UK, and he has inextricable connections with many of the local tycoons.
This time, Superman Li was even received by the Queen of England and talked about his plans for the UK market. It just so happened that the United Kingdom wanted to attract foreign investment and use it to boost the local economy and the United Kingdom's economic development.
The two of them hit it off well and were both happy.
Superman Li had been planning to enter the UK market for a long time, and Hua Xia is secretly supporting him. Working closely with the UK will help the relationship between the UK and the US to a certain extent.
After the financial crisis, the US is struggling to revive its economy, and Hua Xia's companies had invested a lot in the US. They are going there to help the US economy recover, but they are actually going there to make money. The US market is still the world's most active market.
The United Kingdom was also one of the most affected countries in Europe. They wanted to maintain the country's economic development and ensure that their income did not fall too much. They also wanted to find countries that were not seriously affected this time to invest.
During this period of time, Hua Xia had not only bought the bonds of the United States, but also the bonds of the United Kingdom and many other European countries. This was equivalent to a big money lender playing the role of a bank. Everyone else was working for Hua Xia's bank to earn money.
No matter how much you earn, my risk is the lowest, and my returns are the most stable. In particular, Hua Xia had specially emphasized on the change of the exchange rate. Hua Xia would be the one to decide. When the time comes, Qin Feng would have to repay British Pounds, USD, Euros, or RMB. It was up to Hua Xia to choose.
I can choose not to buy your bonds. If you want me to buy them, this is the condition. At the same time, you must relax the investment policies of Hua Xia and give us some preferential treatment. You must allow some projects to be settled in RMB.
In the past, some of Hua Xia's advantageous enterprises wanted to venture out, but it was very difficult. Now, the conditions had been lowered, and the strength of those enterprises had increased. It was much easier for them to venture out.
Feng Yu told Superman Li not to only invest in electricity and water. He must consider other aspects as well. Superman Li also had the same thoughts, and he was still negotiating with Feng Yu on gas, transportation, telecommunications, etc.
In Feng Yu's previous life, Superman Li did not have so much liquidity, and many of his acquisitions were much slower. But in this life, Superman Li had more money, and he had Feng Yu as his ally. Many of the acquisition negotiations were carried out at the same time.
Now, many of Chang Shi, He Huang's top executives frequently travel back and forth between the UK and Hong Kong. There were changes in the progress of the negotiations every day.
The UK's gas network was considered one of the best in the world. In the past, London was a foggy city, and the whole world knew about it.
Later on, many people thought that it was because the United Kingdom had better air purification technology. However, the most fundamental reason was the discovery of a huge natural gas field in the United Kingdom. Then, they took the lead in building natural gas supply pipelines to the cities, which greatly reduced the burning of coal and charcoal in the United Kingdom, reducing a lot of emissions. This was the fundamental reason.
The current UK's air purification technology was not bad, but at that time, the UK's air purification technology was terrible.
Water, electricity, gas, transportation, and telecommunications were all the areas that Superman Li's enterprises were good at. Although Superman Li had invested in many businesses, these five types of businesses were the foundation of Superman Li's business.
They must strengthen their strengths and make use of their rich management experience to ensure that their businesses will continue to expand, increase their profits, and lower their costs.
Also, Superman Li had purposely chosen UK as Europe's financial, trade, and information center. The UK had a strong regional advantage, and its market influence was very good.
The UK's manufacturing industry was very strong, and their R&D capabilities were the best in the world. This had nothing to do with Superman Li, but it had everything to do with Hua Xia.
Although Hua Xia was one of the world's top manufacturing countries and one of the BRIC countries, there were still many areas where Hua Xia was weak.
Even if you spent money, you might not be able to catch up in a short time because the gap was too big. You might spend a lot of money, but the technology you developed might be from a few years ago.
You might spend money to buy more advanced technologies and develop them to be the best in the world.
There was one industry that could be represented, and that was the automobile industry. Initially, Hua Xia was lagging behind the developed countries by a few decades. But after purchasing and importing advanced technologies from other countries, Hua Xia allowed the other countries to use their technologies to invest in the automobile industry.
Although Hua Xia was still some distance away from being the best in the world, it was not impossible to catch up. Hua Xia's automobile industry had even developed from importing to developing countries.
But what made Feng Yu unhappy was that it was so difficult to acquire a UK telecommunications company. This was the most beneficial to Feng Yu, and it could complement Feng Yu's other industries.
Hua Xia's government was more concerned about Superman Li's acquisition of the UK's railways. Once this acquisition was successful, they could introduce high-speed rail to the UK, and their competitors in Germany and France will be eliminated.
In the future, many netizens will say that Superman Li had controlled the lives of the UK's citizens. But many people might not notice that Feng Yu was also behind this.
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