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After exchanging a few pleasantries with the other party, Lin Haoran went straight into the topic.

The two parties are not familiar with each other, so there is naturally no need to talk about too many irrelevant topics.

"Mr. Artair, you should just state your purpose directly!" Lin Haoran said with a smile.

"Then I'll be straight to the point, Mr. Lin, our DHL Group wants to acquire your shares in Shipley!" Hearing Lin Haoran's question, the other party did not continue to beat around the bush.

“Buy my shares?”

Lin Haoran was very surprised.

This was completely unexpected.

He originally thought that the other party came to negotiate peace, but he didn't expect that they directly wanted to acquire his shares.

The other party's intention is very clear. Their DHL Group wants to directly acquire Shipley.

"Acquisition? It's not impossible. What price can you offer?" Lin Haoran asked with a smile.

For the company called Shipley, the investment was indeed a very unexpected thing. Besides, it had only been about ten days since he invested, so he did not have much affection for the company. If the other party really offered him a price that satisfied him, it was not impossible for him to sell his shares.

If he wants to get involved in the logistics industry, he can do it in Hong Kong at any time.

"As far as we know, Mr. Lin has invested less than 30 million pounds in the Spiri Company. How about we buy it for 50 million pounds?" Artair said directly.

"Mr. Artair, are you kidding? As far as I know, the total market value of Spiri Company is as high as 1.5 million pounds. I own half of the shares, and you offer million pounds? If this is such an insincere negotiation, I think there is no need to continue the discussion." Lin Haoran said directly without giving any face.

You really think he is a fool.

Although the current stock price of Shipley is a bit inflated, this is not just the case for Shipley, but also for many other listed companies.

What's more, his shares are controlling shares of Shipli Company, which are completely different from ordinary shares.

Buying other shareholders' shares only means obtaining the status of a shareholder.

But buying his shares not only allows you to become a shareholder, but also allows you to directly control the company.

Not only did the other party not offer a price higher than the stock market price, but they actually planned to lower the price?

"Mr. Lin, I have another idea. How about merging your Shipley company into the DHL Group at a reasonable market value? In this way, Mr. Lin will become an important shareholder of our DHL Group. What do you think?" Seeing that Lin Haoran decisively refused, it was obvious that the price offer was impossible, so Artair continued.

However, Lin Haoran refused again.

Although DHL Group has a bright future and will become one of the top three logistics giants in the world, Lin Haoran has no interest in it at all.

After all, this is a company nurtured by Squid Capital. Even if he becomes a shareholder, so what? He will not have the right to say.

In the field of logistics companies, Lin Haoran must control a company where he has the final say.

And it is obviously impossible for him to control the DHL Group.

What, then, is the point of being a common shareholder of DHL?
"Mr. Lin, let me be frank. I have discussed the plan to acquire the Shipley Company with Mr. Enris Oliveira, the President of the Privy Council, who is also the leader of the House of Lords.

He has given great support to my acquisition intention. Not only that, several other members of parliament also hold the same position. In view of the attitude of the Speaker, I sincerely hope that Mr. Lin can have in-depth consultations with me. "Altaïr continued, his words implicitly revealing the meaning of relying on the influence of the top leaders.

"Oh? In that case, I would like to discuss this matter of 'friendly advice' with the Prime Minister's wife. I am planning to make a large-scale investment in the UK, but the current business climate seems to make people worry."

Faced with Altaïr's hint, Lin Haoran did not show any weakness and directly brought up the Prime Minister as a response.

Although he does not have a deep personal relationship with the Prime Minister, given the high attention the British government attaches to him this time, he believes that the Prime Minister will give him a positive attitude, at least on the surface.

This Iron Lady is determined to develop the British economy.

After hearing Lin Haoran's answer, Altaïr frowned.

This negotiation was much more difficult than he had imagined.

"Then what conditions does Mr. Lin want before he agrees to sell the shares of Spiri Company?" Artair simply put the question directly to Lin Haoran.

The group has invested tens of millions of pounds in the UK, and he doesn't want this operation to end in failure.

Becoming the third largest logistics company in the UK was, in Artair's view, a failed operation.

After all, the input and return are completely disproportionate.

"One hundred million pounds. If you give me one hundred million pounds, I can sell all my 49.9% shares to you." Lin Haoran laughed broadly.

Although he also knew that this stock price was unrealistic, since the other party dared to suppress the stock price so hard, he could naturally raise the stock price.

Negotiation is not something that is easy.

"Mr. Lin, you also know that this price is unrealistic. How about we all be more sincere and discuss a price?" Artair shook his head.

From Lin Haoran's reaction, Artair already knew that the other party did not necessarily want to hold on to the shares of Shipley Company and not sell them, but just needed a suitable price.

But it is impossible for him to accept any price.

In the conference room, after discussion, they have reached a conclusion, which is to calculate according to the market price at most.

Even so, they may not be able to come up with this amount of money. In the past six months, they have invested more than 40 million pounds in the UK.

DHL Group has not only entered the UK market, it has now become a local logistics giant in more than a dozen countries.

Therefore, other countries must also invest.

Not only that, there are more new markets waiting for them to invest.

It is also impossible to take out too much money.

Lin Haoran also started to think about it.

Should I just take the money and run away?

Investing in Shipley was indeed an unexpected thing.

When he came to the UK, he had never thought about investing in such a listed company, let alone thinking that he would directly pull down the chairman of this company and sit in this position himself in a short period of time.

In the past few days, he has made a lot of preliminary plans for the Shipley Company.

For example, after returning to Hong Kong, he immediately and vigorously developed the market of Shipley Company in Hong Kong and the entire Southeast Asia.

After all, he has certain connections in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia, so it would be easy for Shipley Company to open up new markets there.

In fact, Shipley also has a certain market in Hong Kong, but their main business there is international logistics.

But if he sells it now, then without any surprises, he will directly make hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars and then go back to Hong Kong directly.

It took ten days to make several hundred million Hong Kong dollars, which is indeed good and can be regarded as an unexpected fortune.

However, to be honest, Lin Haoran is not satisfied with just earning 400 to 500 million Hong Kong dollars.

Lin Haoran thought about it and was slow to give an answer.

He knew that if he quoted a price that was too high, the other party would not agree.

What he is considering now is whether or not to sell the company, Shipley.

Lin Haoran didn't say anything, but the other party became anxious.

"Mr. Lin, I have another proposal. I can transfer part of the equity in my family's investment portfolio to you in exchange. Over the years, our family has made many investments in Europe, the United States, Japan and other places, including some companies in which we are the major shareholder.

If you are willing to accept these shares, you will be able to easily gain control of the company. Mr. Lin, why don't you take a look and see if there are any projects that interest you?" Artair made another suggestion.

"Oh? Which specific companies are they?" Lin Haoran was immediately curious.

After all, the purpose of his hard work in making money is to have greater investment opportunities.

The behavior of these large consortiums to invest everywhere is normal for them and is completely in line with their style of doing things.

I just don't know if there is anyone he is interested in.

If so, it's possible to exchange them.

"Mr. Lin, wait a minute, I'll write something down." Artair took out a pen and paper and started writing in front of Lin Haoran.

Although Altaïr and the family behind him are quite powerful, they are not as powerful as the top squid consortium.

Therefore, the shares they control are definitely not very powerful.

It is even less likely that there will be any giant companies among the companies that become major shareholders.

However, there might be a company that he is familiar with and that has great development potential in the future.

Soon, Lin Haoran came with a piece of white paper, on which were listed the names of more than a dozen companies, and in each company, it was also marked how much shares they held.

In some companies, their stakes even exceed 30%.

It is indeed not difficult for these companies to gain controlling stake in the company.

"Hey, Berkshire Hathaway?" Lin Haoran actually saw a very familiar name in it.

Isn’t this the company of Warren Buffett?
I have the impression that this company is very powerful. Over the past few decades, under the leadership of the stock god Buffett, its stock market value has increased by more than 80,000 times.

"What is the current market value of this company?" Lin Haoran said, pointing at Berkshire Hathaway.

It was only 1980, so obviously Berkshire Hathaway's stock price could not be too high.

"Berkshire Hathaway? The company's market value should be around 200 million US dollars." Artair was a little surprised to see Lin Haoran pointing at the name of Berkshire Hathaway.

He felt that this company was not very reliable and that its profits were entirely determined by the investment of the stock god Buffett.

It was his father who decided to invest in Berkshire Hathaway, and he has held shares for more than ten years.

Although Berkshire Hathaway's stock has risen a lot in the past decade, it has also suffered losses.

Therefore, after taking over from his father as the head of the family, Altaïr had the idea of ​​selling Berkshire Hathaway shares. (End of this chapter)