After looking at the companies acquired by Li Chaoren and others in the UK, especially the evaluation reports, Feng Yu felt that this investment was not bad.
Although the profit margin is somewhat different from Feng Yu's main investment, the cash flow is very high, the income is stable, and the dividends can also be very stable.
Moreover, because of their large scale, these companies are closely related to the people's livelihood in the UK, and their credibility is not bad. What's more, after Li Chaoren takes charge, there is no shortage of money and the credibility will be even better.
Li Chaoren looked at the prospects. After a series of restructuring, although the profit margin will not be greatly improved, the dividends can be much higher, because after they invest a lump sum of money, these do not require too high continuous investment. Instead, the benefits will continue to accrue.
If they need to invest in the future, they don't need to spend a penny. They can do it through financial leverage and bank loans. It feels like investing once and benefiting for life.
Of course, there are disadvantages, that is, because of Feng Yu's participation, there is a lack of intervention from other Xiangjiang businessmen. The risk is shared by Li Chaoren's company and Feng Yu's company.
There are also some policy risks, but Li Chaoren thinks they are controllable. After all, the British Prime Minister is now inviting Chinese leaders to visit and plans to visit China. This shows the attitude of cooperation between the two parties.
These investments are actually win-win for all parties.
Britain received foreign investment, upgraded its infrastructure, and met the needs of its people at home, while also having money to revitalize other industries, such as those that were severely affected by the economic crisis.
Feng Yu and Li Chaoren have gained operating profits, expanded their corporate influence, and will have more bargaining chips in the future.
China can just carry out RMB internationalization and take the opportunity to invest in the British market, diversifying their once concentrated investment model.
At the same time, we can also carry out various cooperation with the United Kingdom, such as some cutting-edge technologies that China urgently needs to improve. And it can also use Britain's influence to influence the whole of Europe.
Speaking of which, investing in the UK is actually a strategic bridgehead for China to fully invest in Europe.
Li Chaoren's current investments are becoming more and more successful, so the telecommunications business Feng Yu wants will be easier to obtain, and it will also be of great benefit to the development of Li Tuo Group, West Bank of England, etc.
Feng Yu came to the UK and stepped up the negotiations with Li Chaoren.
The biggest impression that Feng Yu gives to many people is that many of Feng Yu's investments are cash investments, unlike other large companies, which use financial leverage, invest in loans from banks, or join forces with other companies to jointly contribute capital.
Even companies like Lituo Group with a market value of more than 100 billion pounds were acquired by Feng Yu with cash only in conjunction with Kirilenko. Feng Yu's ambition has been recognized by the world.
Li Chaoren and Feng Yu are both interested in the second largest telecommunications company in the UK. As for who is the first? France Telecom Group, a state-owned enterprise, controls the telecommunications market in several European developed countries such as France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
Therefore, the second largest telecommunications group in the UK is the largest telecommunications group in the UK. Moreover, this company originally cooperated with Li Chaoren's telecommunications company in Xiangjiang.
Li Chaoren originally planned to increase investment step by step, slowly increasing his investment, so that he would become the second largest foreign investor in the UK. The first was of course Feng Yu. After all, there were huge investments from Li Tuo and the Bank of the West.
But with Feng Yu joining, everything is much simpler.
After learning about Feng Yu's arrival, the British Prime Minister and the British Queen planned to treat Feng Yu to dinner. In fact, they just wanted to meet and chat.
Feng Yu himself didn't like to meet with political figures, not to mention that the other party had to promote them, so Feng Yu declined politely, indicating that he was just a businessman and came to the UK to be invited by Li Chaoren to jointly invest.
Feng Yu would rather meet the British Prime Minister than that old lady. He did not deny that this old lady was powerful and respected in some aspects, but he had no interest in eating with an old lady at all, not to mention that there were many very restrictive rules.
Many of the so-called aristocratic rules and even etiquette seemed to be just a pretense. They were just some rituals created by the British ruling class at that time in order to distinguish themselves from the poor. As for whether it was feudalism or not, A different opinion.
Eating and chatting should be very relaxed things, there is no need to be so formal.
In the end, the British Prime Minister actually said that he could come to visit Feng Yu without making any publicity, and would only publicize his meeting with Li Chaoren. This person just wants Feng Yu to invest more money in the UK. Now the UK hopes to attract enough foreign investment to revive their weak economy as soon as possible.
This time, Feng Yu did not refuse. He just asked Li Chaoren to see what kind of cooperation the country urgently needed with the UK. It was purely commercial, and it was best to have a relationship with Feng Yu's company.
If the other party asks him to invest, then of course Feng Yu will not refuse. The prospect of investment in the UK is still very good, and it is considered one of the most worthwhile countries in Europe to invest in.
Feng Yu also hopes to make some important investments in the UK to help his subsidiaries reduce costs and at the same time better expand the market.
For example, electronics, electrical appliances, automobiles, and even food, beverage and other businesses. If Lianxiang Yinshan's software can surpass Microsoft's in the UK, it will definitely be a big blow to Microsoft.
Li Chaoren has some hidden tasks at this time. Feng Yu knows this, but he won't ask because he doesn't want to get involved. Of course, he will still help if needed.
Many people don't know that the British Prime Minister Cameron worked in Hong Kong for three months before going to university. His father is just a financial broker, but his godfather is a British parliamentarian.
Then he was still a secretary D, and he worked for the former prime minister. When he came to power, the unemployment rate in the UK exceeded 5%, and the number of unemployed people was close to 1.6 million, the highest number in the past 15 years.
The fiscal deficit exceeds 12% of GDP, and economic recovery cannot be delayed.
These problems weighed heavily on his head. When Li Chaoren came to the UK to invest, Cameron was overjoyed. When he learned that Feng Yu was also here, he was simply ecstatic.
If Feng Yu can be allowed to invest tens of billions of pounds more in the UK, the British economy will be greatly improved within a year.
So even if Feng Yu refused, Cameron once again expressed his intention to visit Feng Yu through Li Chaoren, and asked Feng Yu to agree.
Cameron also believes that maintaining a good relationship with Feng Yu may also promote his cooperation with China.
That night, Feng Yu met Cameron at a private residence of Li Chaoren.