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The Squid Group behind the DHL Group is still much weaker than the Squid Group in the United States.

However, they also have good connections in Europe.

Although DHL Group is only one of the large groups they control, it is also the most promising one.

Once DHL Group becomes a world-class logistics giant, the strength of their consortium will skyrocket.

From the beginning of their development to the present, in just over a decade, they have successively conquered the markets of many countries and occupied an important position in these markets.

Therefore, they have high hopes for DHL Group.

This is not their first attempt at the British market. They started to make plans here as early as ten years ago.

However, since the UK already has a highly mature logistics system, their business expansion in the UK has been relatively slow.

For this reason, earlier this year they decided to adopt a more aggressive market strategy, investing huge amounts of money to accelerate their entry into the UK market.

Behind this move is their urgent desire to no longer wait for the market to develop slowly and naturally.

The high-level executive's words immediately made the person in charge of the Squid Group think deeply.

Indeed, wouldn't it be a success for them if they controlled Shipley?
After Lin Haoran intervened in the affairs of Shipley Company, they also conducted an in-depth investigation into the background of this young man.

Including the cooperation with Citibank and so on, everything is already very clear.

Of course, they naturally cannot find out the information that Jardine Matheson and others cannot find out.

After all, the strength of this consortium is actually not as good as that of the Jardine Matheson Group.

Although they are also a squid consortium, the gap is obvious compared to the squid consortium in the United States.

Many people also started discussing this idea.

In the end, many people were in favor of acquiring Shipley.

After all, they have invested tens of millions of pounds in the British market. If they give up now, it would actually be a failure. The market share they have occupied is far from what they expected.

"Let's check, what is the current total stock market value of Shipley Corporation?" the leader of the Squid Group asked directly.

A few minutes later, someone reported: "As of three minutes ago, the total stock market value of Spree has risen to 1.48 million pounds. The article in The Times has made this stock popular among investors, and the trading volume is particularly high!"

The head of the consortium frowned, thinking that the price increase was a bit too high.

"If we want to acquire Shipley, how should we negotiate with the other party? What kind of price should we offer to them?" The head of the consortium directly raised a topic.

So, the discussion started again.

The final result of the discussion was to combine their personal connections and available resources to convince Lin Haoran to sell Spiri Company to them.

In their view, Lin Haoran was just an outsider like them.

Moreover, according to the information they investigated, the other party had no roots in the UK.

Taking over Shipley was completely an accident.

Therefore, it should not be difficult to convince the other party to sell the equity to them. The key is the price.

Most importantly, they have several influential helpers in the British government, those MPs who have a lot of say even in the House of Lords and the House of Commons.

This is precisely the reason why they were able to dominate the UK logistics sector through malicious competition and even force several local logistics companies into bankruptcy.

As long as these heavyweights of the British Parliament intervene, Lin Haoran will undoubtedly give this factor serious consideration.

Thus, the meeting regarding the Shipley Company ended just like that.

At the headquarters of Shipley Corporation, Lin Haoran stood up from his chair and stretched.

I looked at the watch on my wrist and it was already past three o'clock in the afternoon.

Just now, his subordinates reported to him that the share price of Shipley had reached an unprecedented high of 1.5 million pounds.

In the British stock market, although this market value is not prominent, it is enough to rank among the top 100.

That’s right, it’s only the top 100.

Like Hong Kong, although the world is still experiencing an oil crisis, major industrial countries are suffering from severe inflation and their economies are in recession.

But the UK's stock market and economic performance are completely different.

Since last year, the British stock market has been rising continuously, and Shipley has taken advantage of this bull market to directly break through the market value of 100 million pounds.

There are many listed companies in the UK whose share prices have soared like Splendid.

However, at the beginning of the year, DHL Group entered the British market and continued to seize market share by any means necessary, causing Shipley's performance to shrink continuously, which also caused Shipley's stock price to continue to fall.

It can be said that Spree is one of the few stocks that has fallen in the UK stock market in the past six months.

Now, it is just quickly following the growth of the main force.

Therefore, the total market value of 1.5 million pounds can only rank in the top . If the market value of Shipley Company is placed in Hong Kong, it can only barely rank in the bottom .

In Hong Kong, you can only rank around 40, and in the UK, it's normal to only be in the top 100.

After all, the UK is also a huge country with a population of 50 to 60 million and strong economic strength. It cannot be compared with Hong Kong, a city with a population of only 5 million.

This is a carnival feast for investors.

Although this apparent prosperity actually comes at the expense of inflation, causing the value of cash to continue to shrink and become less and less valuable.

Just as I was about to walk out of the office, the phone in the office rang unexpectedly.

Lin Haoran thought the call was to Beo Stevens, because Beo Stevens had always been working in this office.

But Beo Stevens was not here at the moment. He was out busy with the company's development matters.

Picking up the phone, Lin Haoran said directly: "Hello, Mr. Beo is not here. I can pass on your message if you have anything to say."

"Sorry, I'm not looking for Mr. Beo. I want to look for Mr. Lin Haoran. Is he here?" Unexpectedly, a middle-aged voice came from the other side, calling for him by name.

"I am Lin Haoran. May I ask who you are?" Lin Haoran asked puzzledly.

He really didn't expect that the other party would actually look for him.

After all, he had only been in charge of Shipley Company for a few days.

"Hello, Mr. Lin. I am Artair from DHL Group. I believe you have heard of me. I wonder if Mr. Lin is free. I would like to have a chat with Mr. Lin." The other party directly stated his identity.

Altaïr?
Lin Haoran was a little surprised. He didn't expect that this person was the one looking for him.

He was not completely ignorant. He naturally knew that the man named Artair was the boss of the European Squid Capital, the consortium behind the DHL Group.

Could it be that the other party is here to negotiate peace?

If so, that would be great.

Lin Haoran was also unwilling to spend money to compete with a squid capital.

Although the real strength of the Squid family's capital was just so-so in Lin Haoran's opinion, it was even inferior to the consortium behind Jardine Matheson.

But Lin Haoran knew that the squid people were very united, including the European Squid Consortium, the American Squid Consortium, and so on. If people from other squid consortiums supported this Altaïr, he would definitely not be able to compete with them.

Apart from anything else, even Hong Kong has a powerful squid consortium, which is the Kadoorie family, the boss behind China Light and Power.

Of course, with Lin Haoran's current financial resources, it is obvious that he is no longer afraid of the Jardine family.

"Of course I'm free. Mr. Artair, what do you want to talk to me about?" Although he had some guesses, Lin Haoran still asked.

"I would like to meet with Mr. Lin to discuss in detail. The location can be decided by Mr. Lin!" the other party replied.

"Then let's set it up in the Tanglou building in Chinatown. We can meet and talk there. I can leave now and arrive in about half an hour." Lin Haoran suggested with a smile.

In the Tang Building, he was absolutely sure of his safety.

Because Tang Bo told him that the headquarters of the British Triad was nearby, and that area was basically controlled by the Triad.

It is obvious that Tang Bo has a close connection with the Triad, so holding the meeting place in Tanglou is definitely the safest.

"Okay, then it's settled, Mr. Lin, see you in half an hour!" The other party agreed directly.

After hanging up the phone, Lin Haoran breathed a sigh of relief.

The reason why he made such a big fuss about entering the West German market was nothing more than a threat to the DHL Group.

Now it seems that spreading this rumor is still of some use.

As long as the two parties can finally reach a settlement and stop engaging in vicious competition, then Lin Haoran may not have to reinvest the 10 million pounds he raised previously, and Shipley will be able to directly return to a stable and profitable state.

However, Lin Haoran had no idea that the other party was not coming for reconciliation, but for his equity.

Taking Li Weidong, Li Weiguo and driver Henry with him, Lin Haoran left London's South Bank and headed directly to Chinatown.

Half an hour later, he appeared in the tenement building, and the head of the Squid Consortium was already waiting for him on the first floor.

"Uncle Tang, can I borrow your office for a while? I have something to discuss with other people." Lin Haoran directly stated his purpose after finding Tang Kun who was drinking tea.

"You are free to use this empty office on the third floor." Tang Kun glanced at Artair behind him and said with a smile, without asking Lin Haoran what he wanted to discuss.

Obviously, he did not know Altaïr, as Altaïr's territory was not in Britain.

He took Artair to the office where he had called last time and closed the door.

In the future, DHL Group will be able to become one of the top three logistics companies in the world. It is obvious that Mr. Artair's methods must be extraordinary, so Lin Haoran also took it seriously.

"Mr. Lin is really young and promising. The more I learn about you, the more curious I am about you. Today I finally have the honor to meet Mr. Lin in person." What surprised Lin Haoran was that the other party, like many Chinese businessmen, started with some polite words when they met. (End of this chapter)