章節 1335: Chapter 1335: A Huge Treasure Trove
Although Xia Yu was far away in Xiangjiang, his thoughts were mostly focused on building Xiangjiang and sorting out his assets.
However, it did not mean that he had loosened his grip on other companies outside Xiangjiang.
In fact, after the establishment of his Xia Family Office, with enough talent to sort and analyse information, it had instead enabled him to increase his control over those companies to a new level.
In the United States, Ronald Reagan's term of office is coming to an end without him realising it.
The presidential election is now underway, and it will be held in less than two months.
It is only because Ronald Reagan has achieved great things in the past few years, leading the United States out of the doldrums and not losing to the Soviet Union, that the American people have been able to improve materially and spiritually.
Therefore, in this election, Ronald Reagan is extremely powerful, and Congress is firmly in the hands of the Republican Party.
Therefore, in this election, although there are still some Democrats running, their voices are relatively small under the momentum of Ronald Reagan.
Although the possibility of Ronald Reagan's re-election is extremely high, Xia Yu, who is a close friend, still gives his full support. His media empire in the United States has launched a campaign for Ronald Reagan.
At the same time, he also provided legal political contributions to Ronald Reagan through various channels.
On the island country side, various companies have also developed extremely well, and the various companies of the Sanwa Consortium have also become very close to his various banks.
The various families in the Sanwa Consortium did not realise anything was wrong, and just thought that these companies were moving closer to the Sanwa Consortium. They were happy to see this, after all, it meant that the strength and influence of the Sanwa Consortium was constantly growing.
It was not surprising that they did not realise anything, because even the other five major consortia thought that these companies had been forced by the pressure of survival to turn to the Sanwa Consortium.
In Europe, with the strongest countries of the UK and France as the fulcrum, the Bright Foundation has used its huge capital to continuously expand its influence on the continent.
Especially in the UK, the privatisation process has gradually seen results, and the public has made money from stock speculation, making popular resistance weaker and weaker.
Margaret's privatisation policy is being implemented more and more smoothly.
It has now entered the second stage of the privatisation process.
British Telecom, which had already been privatised by 51%, was privatised again this time by the British government selling the remaining 49%.
At this time, the Bright Fund had grown in strength compared to a few years ago and was naturally qualified to take a bigger share of the pie.
Of the 49% stake, the Bright Fund took 15%, followed by 10% for the Royal Bank of Scotland, 10% for the Bahrain Bank, and the remaining 14% was taken by other families and companies.
After two privatisations, British Telecom became a thoroughly private company.
The largest shareholder is the Bahraini bank with 30%, the second largest shareholder is the Bright Fund with 22%, the third largest shareholder is Standard Chartered Bank with 12%, the fourth largest shareholder is the Royal Bank of Scotland with 10%, and then there are 26% of the shares held by other companies and families.
But these 26% of the shares are already irrelevant.
Bright Foundation, Standard Chartered Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland are all controlled by Xia Yu behind the scenes, and their combined shareholding has reached 44%, far exceeding the largest shareholder, Bahrain Bank.
And Bahrain Bank?
Although the largest shareholder is the Lock Foundation of the Howard family, with a 35% stake,
Jiuding Bank is the second largest shareholder with a 25% stake.
Prince Philip's Black Rose Foundation and Bright Foundation each hold a 20% stake.
Therefore, in actual fact, the biggest controller of Barclays Bank is also Xia Yu, with a controlling stake of 45%.
The Howard family also takes the same stance as Xia Yu, so naturally Barclays Bank is also one of his companies, which is equivalent to an outer company of the Bright Consortium.
In this way, together with the 30% stake in British Cable & Wireless held by Barclays Bank, Xia Yu's influence over British Cable & Wireless has reached 74%, and he is completely in control behind the scenes.
Of course, during the privatisation of Amersham International, Britoil, British International Airways Radio, Associated Ports and other companies, Bright Foundation also gained a lot.
Amersham International, a chemical giant that was privatised, Bright Foundation took 21% of the shares, and HSBC Holdings took 8%.
Bright Foundation took 8% of the shares in Britoil, which was privatised with 51% of the shares.
British International Airways Radio, which was privatised in its entirety, saw Bright Fund take 7% of the shares, but Rolls-Royce Motor Cars stepped in to take 12%.
There was also the privatisation of 51% of the shares in Associated British Ports, formerly the British Cargo Terminal Authority, for which Bright Fund was also the fiercest competitor.
In order to support Xia Yu's global port strategy, Bright Fund fought hard to secure a 25% stake, and also allowed the Bahraini bank to take a 9% stake, giving it a direct veto.
With its current advantage, when the British government privatises the remaining 49% of the shares next time, United Ports will also be acquired by Bright Fund.
Apart from these companies, which have temporarily ended their competition, the most crucial ones are now the two companies.
The biggest British telecommunications company, BT, is also in the most crucial period of competition. The overall value of this company is at least 6 billion pounds, and the British government will privatise at least half of its shares, which involves an astonishing amount of interests.
According to the current situation, it is expected to be settled in early November.
In addition, there is the British gas industry giant, British Gas, which is a company worth more than British Telecom, at nearly 10 billion pounds.
However, the specific privatisation process of British Gas has not yet started, and it has only been rumoured that there will be no result within a year, but now is the best time to enter.
Intervening at this time will naturally qualify them to take a bigger piece of the privatisation pie.
George Berkeley is already an expert at fighting for a bigger slice of the privatisation pie. Xia Yu only needs to clarify the general direction and bottom line, and George Berkeley can make full use of the resources and conditions to implement it, so Xia Yu doesn't need to worry about it.
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Just as Xia Yu was chatting with Li Qian about the 1985 charity plan of the Jiuding Charity Foundation at home, a servant came to report that Ma Qianjun was here.
'Yu, why is my brother here?'
'I haven't seen him for a long time.'
Li Qian also heard the report, and a flash of joy crossed her face as she stood up.
Xia Yu smiled and stroked Li Qian's hand, saying, 'He was previously given an important task by me, and he personally led a team to go on a trip. Now there should be results.'
As he spoke, Ma Qianjun, who had a cold expression on his face, walked in.
When he saw Li Xi also there, a smile finally appeared on his face.
'Brother!'
'Xi Xi, you're here too.'
'Yes, brother, please sit down.'
'...'
Xia Yu smiled as he watched the brother and sister chat for a while. He also knew that Ma Qianjun, in order to carry out his orders, rarely saw his sister Li Xi.
He is not a cold-blooded person, and naturally he will not interfere too much in this regard. Moreover, Ma Qianjun is also a very reasonable person. Although he loves his younger sister, he is also very careful about boundaries, especially when it comes to Xia Yu's personal relationships. He has never asked Xia Yu for anything because of his sister, and the only thing he has ever asked is that Xia Yu treat Li Qian well.
'Elder brother, have you investigated the situation thoroughly?'
Xia Yu asked with a smile after the brother and sister had finished chatting.
Ma Qianjun looked at Xia Yu strangely, and then said inexplicably, 'It's been found. There is indeed a temple called the Padmanabhaswamy Temple built in the 16th century in Kerala, southern India.'
'There are indeed six secret chambers there. The temple management knows only four of them. I have found the other two secret chambers, and I am the only one who has secretly entered through the secret passageways.'
'There is so much gold and jewellery inside...'
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