With the promise of British Prime Minister spike Bob, Henry knew that the acquisition of Arcelor steel company would be a drama. Naturally, he was not very happy. Once Williams Steel Company annexes Arcelor steel company, it will become a giant enterprise in the steel industry. It will hang several Japanese steel companies and Korean steel companies in the back row!
If the third world war breaks out in the future, Madagascar is likely to fight with Japan. The iron and steel industry is the top priority of a country, weakening it is equivalent to weakening the country''s comprehensive strength! At present, with a population of more than 100 million and a developed economy, Japan''s small and weak Madagascar is really no match. Therefore, Henry will try his best to suppress the development of Japan in the future.
At this time, the outside world was full of news about Henry''s acquisition of the shipyard.
"The times" reported: "recently, Henry Williams, the world''s richest man, invested $70 billion to acquire nearly 100 British shipyards, causing a global sensation. Numerous experts and analysts believe that this move by Henry Williams will bring the British shipyards back to life, and the sun never setting empire a hundred years ago will once again create brilliance!"
Busan daily of South Korea said: "it is unprecedented in technology and scale to form a company with hundreds of British shipyards! This will be an unprecedented big Mac company, Korean shipyard will face the most severe challenge in the future! "
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If the media knew that Henry was going to buy Arcelor steel, they would be shocked!
At noon, the sun was high.
Spike Bob stayed at Kensington Palace for lunch with Henry and Lakshmi Mittal. At the same time, discuss the acquisition of Arcelor steel. As Henry had a lot to do, it was left to Lakshmi Mittal.
It''s going to be April. Apple was supposed to hold a product launch on April Fool''s day to launch its iPhone smartphone. Henry thought about it. Madagascar is about to be founded. This news will certainly stir the world. I''m afraid it''s hard to make headlines when I release iPhone at this time! In order to make headlines and increase exposure, Henry decided to postpone the release of the iPhone. In between, we can build 4G network first. Network is very important for a smart phone. IPhone locates high-end users, and 4G network also locates high-end users. Therefore, after the establishment of 4G network, iPhone should be more popular.
After seeing off spike Bob and Lakshmi Mittal, Henry ordered all the telecom companies under his name, as well as Cisco, Qualcomm, Lucent, apple and Williams electronics, to jointly hold an ocean video conference. In the conference, Henry first announced that he would postpone Apple''s product launch to October 1, That day happened to be the global shopping Carnival held by Nicholas international e-commerce. Holding a product launch at this point will certainly create a very hot scene of iPhone sales and cause a huge sensation. People have a herd mentality. When they see that the iPhone is so popular, they want to buy one. If at this time to engage in a hunger marketing, will be able to receive unexpected effect!
"The launch of the iPhone will be postponed until October 1, during which Cisco, Qualcomm, Lucent and Williams Electronics will actively cooperate with telecom companies to establish 4G networks. I hope that in the next six months, 4G network service can be launched smoothly! " Henry thought about it and said, "at the same time, try to persuade other telecom companies to build 4G network and make the cake of the whole 4G network bigger!"
"Yes!"
"Well, you can discuss the next thing yourself!" With that, Henry disconnected the remote video connection.
After the disconnection, Henry suddenly thought that he didn''t have a telecommunications company in the UK. As one of the most important countries in the European Union, Britain has a great influence.
"Acquire a British Telecom Company, and then use it as a basis to enter the European telecom market!"
Henry immediately recalled what telecommunications companies were in the UK.
The largest telecom company in the UK belongs to BT, a British state-owned enterprise. In 2001, in order to solve the financial crisis faced by the company, BT separated its subordinate mobile phone company bt wireless and established an independent company, called mmo2. In 2002, mmo2 officially launched the brand of O2. Then, in November 2005, Telefonica, a big local tycoon in the European market, threw out piles of banknotes and bought O2 with 17.7 billion pounds of cash at a 22% premium. O2 has also lived up to the expectations of Spain Telecom, and has been developing very smoothly in the UK mobile communication market, especially in the post payment market with the highest value, which occupies half of the country, forming a relatively high-end brand image.
What Henry wants to acquire most now is the mobile communication companies in the telecommunication field. In the British market, there are mainly Vodafone, the first telecom giant, orange, T-Mobile, O2 and three established by Li Jiacheng. Among them, orange and T-Mobile will form EE company in the future. Li Jiacheng, on the other hand, is determined to acquire O2 company. Once three merges O2, it will own more than 46% of the British market, forming a monopoly!
Henry''s target is naturally O2, so the next day he decided to spend 20 billion US dollars to send out a request for acquisition to O2 company!
It''s a wave that has not been leveled yet, and the British media has been shocked again.
Sun: "what is the mark of the rich—— Just like Henry Williams, the richest man in the world, he stopped acquiring other enterprises at the same time! As we all know, these days, Henry Williams is buying up British shipyards. Just this morning, the latest news came that Henry Williams has issued an invitation to the British mobile communication giant O2. Yes, that''s right. Henry Williams, the world''s richest man, is going to enter the British telecommunications industry, and then the whole Europe. At this moment, European telecom giants, are you afraid? "
This news soon caused a terrible hurricane in European countries. Vodafone, Spain Telecom, Germany Telecom and other European telecom giants are all in a panic, at this time, the company''s share price fell one after another!
Henry was looking at the news at the moment. He could not help shaking his head and laughing: "it makes me look like a devil. Is it so terrible?"
British Prime Minister spike Bob also saw the news before he knew that Henry was going to buy O2 company again. He immediately called and asked about it. Henry told him that after purchasing O2 company, he would immediately start to set up 4G network.
Spike Bob was overjoyed when he heard that Henry wanted to build a 4G network in the UK to promote the development of networking in the UK. He said that he would support Henry''s acquisition of O2 company.
The debt of the parent company of O2 company is as high as 120 billion US dollars. In the previous life, O2 was sold to Spain Telecom, and in this life, it can also be sold to Henry.
In the face of the temptation of $20 billion, BT directly agreed to Henry''s acquisition of O2 without saying a word.
On March 29, the two sides formally signed the contract.
After winning O2 company, Henry immediately ordered O2 company to prepare to build 4G network.
As O2 company has been taking the middle and high-end prepaid market route, but the low-end can not give up. At the time of Henry''s acquisition of O2, O2 was negotiating with Tesco, the UK''s largest retailer, to set up Tesco mobile in the MVNO market, focusing on the low-end prepaid market.
Traditional mobile operators are basic operators, such as China Telecom, China Mobile and China Unicom. In fact, mobile virtual operators are operators that carry out business by sharing all or part of the network resources of basic operators. To put it mildly, they are second dealers who buy the resources of basic operators and then sell them on the network.
As the mobile virtual operators help the basic operators to open up the market, it is mutually beneficial. However, there is a premise, that is: mobile virtual operators can not take away the users of basic operators. Therefore, generally speaking, the user positioning of mobile virtual operators is different from that of basic operators.
As a basic operator, O2 is positioned in the middle and high-end market, while as a mobile virtual operator, Tesco mobile is positioned in the low-end market. Even if Tesco mobile takes away users, it also takes away users from other telecom companies.
Tesco mobile is a very successful company in the past, which is regarded as one of the successful models by the global mobile virtual operation business community. O2 shares its own network resources, while Tesco sells through its own online and offline channels. But now the problem is that Henry also has retail enterprises in the UK, and Amazon, eBay and Alibaba basically monopolize the UK e-commerce market. If O2 company establishes a mobile virtual operator company, it should also cooperate with Henry''s company.
So Henry called Paul Adams, the current CEO of O2 company, and said, "the cooperation between O2 company and Tesco company will be cancelled, and the fertilizer will not flow to outsiders. I will arrange for Nicholas international e-commerce group to cooperate with O2 to establish Nicolas mobile company."
"OK, I see!" Paul Adams nodded.
Inspired by this, Henry can''t help thinking that when the traditional basic operator mode encounters a bottleneck, perhaps this new mobile virtual operator mode can break the bottleneck and open up a larger market!
On April 1, Henry left England for South Africa. South Africa is one of the five largest mining countries in the world. It is close to Madagascar. It is self-evident that Henry''s purpose is to obtain South Africa''s mineral resources.
On Henry''s way to South Africa by plane, news came from Europe that Williams steel and Arcelor steel had reached a merger intention. As long as the European Union approved, the merger plan could be completed!
As soon as the news came out, there was a global uproar.
"What''s going on? The world''s two steel giants are going to merge... "
"Yes, if this merger is passed, Williams steel will definitely blow up the sky!"
"Woge, Henry Williams, is this the rhythm of the acquisition of the earth? It''s only a few days since I came to the UK, first shipyards, then telecom companies, and then steel companies. Mad, I haven''t convinced anyone since I was a child, but today, I have to say to Henry Williams, "I''m convinced!"
"Ha ha..."
At noon of the same day, BBC carried out a more detailed report: "Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Williams steel company, had arrived in London as early as a week ago, and then secretly contacted Arcelor steel company. According to our TV interview, Williams steel company proposed to merge Arcelor steel company with us $30 billion and 30% shares. Among them, Williams steel company has borrowed US $20 billion from five banks or financial institutions, including Bank of America, Standard Chartered Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, prestige capital and Blackstone Group
After watching the BBC report, netizens commented: "lying trough, these banks and financial institutions are all the industries of Henry Williams, and the amount of funds they control all add up to tens of trillions of dollars. It''s not a matter for Henry Williams to want to borrow money!"
"Oh, yes, it''s easy. But if we go to the bank for a loan, it will become "Sichuan Road is hard, it''s hard to reach the sky!"
"I''m so depressed. How can I suddenly feel that the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger?"
"* * *, see the reality, this is the society!"
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Henry''s private plane will take another hour or two to reach the capital airport in South Africa, but the airport is already crowded. Gary Tennyson, the president of South Africa, manages such a big country. He usually manages a lot of things every day. But as soon as he heard that Henry was coming to South Africa, he immediately put off all other work arrangements and went to the airport in person to wait for Henry''s arrival!!!
After his trip to South Africa, Henry will go to Madagascar to complete the great cause of the founding of the people''s Republic of China.
At the moment, he''s on the phone with Kalina.
"Honey, I''m going to South Africa soon. I''ll stay here for a few days and go straight to Madagascar. I''m afraid that when I was founded, the U.S. government might hurt you. Of course, with my current strength and influence in the United States and the world, they dare not do anything to you. However, if you are not afraid of ten thousand, just in case. So, for the sake of safety, you''d better get ready and leave for Madagascar tomorrow! "
"Yes, I understand! Be careful yourself, then
"Don''t worry. I''ll be careful. I''ll see you in Madagascar."
Henry hung up when he had finished explaining.
On April 3, at 3 p.m. South African time, Henry arrived at the South African capital airport.
The door of the private plane opened slowly, and Henry''s bodyguard came out first, and Henry came out after him. At this time, the Symphony Orchestra of dozens of people not far away began to play the highest standard music that South Africa would have when it welcomed the presidents of various countries. After Henry got off the plane, a lovely little Lori came over with flowers to present them to Henry.
On both sides of the corridor were also some primary school students holding flowers, shouting: "welcome Mr. Williams to South Africa!"
"Don''t be so grand. I just want to invest in South Africa..."
At this time, Henry saw South African President Gary Tennyson coming with a smile