Chapter 285
And now that the news has spread, even if William stops, the financial company will not agree to other institutions that have joined the short side.
Those who will not let go are those other construction companies who are thinking of dismembering these three companies. Even large construction groups outside of England are beginning to want a piece of the pie. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to dismember and swallow their peers has been missed. That would be really idiotic.
If they don't sell the stocks of the three construction companies to the lowest price, squeeze out the last dime of profit, and then wantonly buy the bottom and eat the meat, and trample their opponents to death by the way, these people will never stop.
By the second week, the short-sellers and those who wanted to dismember these construction companies had become an alliance of interests. On the one hand, they wantonly suppressed the stock price, and on the other hand, they lobbied the relevant departments to start investigating financial fraud.
When the wall falls and everyone pushes it, and the drum breaks and everyone hammers it, the whole world is waiting for you to be unlucky, and when you act together, it is useless for you to struggle, so although these construction companies are looking for relationships, banks, and White glove support has very limited effects.
Even some banks that suffered heavy losses in the stock market crash have started to play their minds, and now even if God comes, don't let these guys who are eager to eat meat stop.
At 2 o'clock in the afternoon at Devonhill Manor, William was receiving the visiting Grand Duke Westminster Grosvenor.
In the past ten days, except for the first few days, lobbyists from the three construction companies came to visit him at the manor. After being rejected by William and realizing that William had no idea of reconciliation, no one came.
After a few days of leisure, William has received several batches of guests since this morning, except for Grosvenor who arrived late, all for the futures contracts in William's hands.
As long as these futures contracts are in hand, the chances of dismembering those construction companies will increase greatly, so William Qihuo Keju is not in a hurry.
Grosvenor, who had been sitting for almost an hour, put down his teacup, and said helplessly, "You are leisurely, throw a lighter and a knife on the firewood pile, and don't care about the rest,
Waiting for others to pick up that lighter, light it for you, dismember your prey for you, roast those construction companies for you, and finally the barbecue is done, and you have to spend money to buy the ownership in your hand.”
"Haha, what is ownership or not? If you want a futures contract, just tell me. I didn't sell it to the first few visitors. I just waited for you to come to my door. For the sake of our good cooperative relationship, as long as the price is right, I will sell it to you." Of course it will be sold to you first."
Grosvenor shook his head, "I don't have that much appetite, and I don't have that much capital. The value of the futures contract in your hand is now no less than 600 million pounds."
William chuckled, "I'm not going to hide it from you. The combined size of these three companies is less than 7 billion pounds. Except for the contract that entered the market at the beginning, after the scandal broke out, I don't think there is a chance to enter the market again, so I have a contract worth only £5.4bn."
"5.4 billion?" Grosvenor couldn't help thinking. Although there was no expression on his face, William clearly felt Grosvenor's disappointment. The 5.4 billion pounds was much less than he expected, "Speak, you Whatever you want, as long as I have it and I can get it out, I will give it to you."
Chapter 403: Devonhill Square
"You know that I plan to acquire the land near Devonhill Castle, but my people are not professionals, and asking them to negotiate is not only troublesome, but also time-consuming and laborious,
And your Grosvenor Group is the largest real estate company and land owner in England, so I hope you will come forward to help me acquire these 30,000 acres of land. In return, I will exchange a futures contract worth 100 million pounds with you ".
Grosvenor agreed to this condition without much thought. The current price of 30,000 acres of land in a rural area like Oxford is about 90 million pounds.
Although the profit is not much, as long as there is a profit during the stock market crash, even the real estate company of Mosquito Legs will not let it go, "What about the rest?".
"The second thing is a bit difficult." William looked at Grosvenor with a smile and said, "I heard that your company's stock price has risen a lot these days?"
Hearing William talking about the stock price, Grosvenor couldn't help his eyelids twitching, and hurriedly said, "Don't blame my company, William, except for the three construction companies that you sniped this time, no other scandals broke out. The share price of the English construction company did not rise".
"Okay, you didn't offend me, I won't be an idiot to trouble you for no reason," William interrupted Grosvenor, "It's just that you borrowed my light, right?"
Looking at the smiling William, Grosvenor rolled his eyes, "Tell me, what do you want to exchange for the remaining 4.4 billion pounds contract?"
"Grosvenor Square".
"Fku, you bastard" Grosvenor jumped up angrily when he heard William's words, "not to mention that this square is our family's core business in this area, and the four buildings around the square have an annual property income of 3,000 yuan. million pounds,
I can sell 400 million pounds just by selling 20 years of property management rights. I want to buy the property rights of Grosvenor Square for 4.4 billion pounds. Are you crazy or am I crazy? "
"Haha, that's my condition. If you don't change it, then I'll wait. Maybe these contracts will be worth 600 million to 700 million pounds in a few days. But when it comes to that time, do I want Gro There are only two things to say about Funer Square."
William lowered his head and glanced at Grosvenor who was filled with righteous indignation, picked up the tea on the coffee table and drank slowly, "Don't forget, if you can take down one of the three construction companies, Grosvenor Group's If the stock price does not rise by 20, I will make up for you if it is worse, if I have no interest in the real estate industry, I will leave the opportunity to you?"
Grosvenor absolutely does not want William to get involved in the real estate industry, this guy has a lot of money,
If he really entered this industry with vicious means, then the life of Grosvenor Real Estate Group would definitely be very difficult in the future.
After walking around in the living room for half an hour, Grosvenor said, "It's too bad for me to sell the whole square to you. How about I exchange the two buildings on the north side of the square with you?"
"No, I said I want the whole square, but only two buildings. What do I want?" William shook his head and thought for a while, "Well, don't you and King Philip exchange 20 of England's electricity with me for 13? A stake in a bulletproof company?
13 Half of each of you is 75. I will give you 25 shares to make up 10, plus the contract to exchange your square. If you still don’t agree, then forget it. I heard that the Bides Group has a lot of good land. When those three companies go bankrupt, I will choose myself."
"No, just as you said," Grosvenor agreed this time without thinking too long, not to mention that he doesn't have that much cash, but the actual value of Grosvenor Square is not as high as imagined, at the current market price It can be worth up to 700 million pounds, and the losses I suffer now can be fully recovered in the stock market.
At the same time, it can dispel William's idea of entering the real estate industry. Although Grosvenor knows that William's threats are more likely, he dare not take the risk. Who knows whether William will really enter the real estate industry after seeing the profits.
The two negotiated, and the rest was for the lawyer. Grosvenor left after having dinner at William's place.
Two days later, the contract was finalized by the lawyers of both parties, and the impatient Grosvenor brought someone to sign the contract.
After signing the contract, the two brought their lawyers directly to the real estate management office. After the handover was completed, Grosvenor Square will be called Devonhill Square from now on.
William smiled and shook hands with the equally satisfied Grosvenor to say goodbye.
At dinner in the evening, when Lena and Abigail learned that William not only bought Grosvenor Square, but also renamed it Devonhill Square, they were surprised and incoherent. This is a landmark square in London. Although the square is not big, it is only a 10-minute walk from Buckingham Palace.
The next day, the powerful media immediately reported the news. While people were curious about how Grand Duke Xi Shimin was willing to sell his ancestral property that had existed for nearly 200 years, they were even more shocked by William's backhanded method of bringing down three listed companies.
All of a sudden, more people came to visit the manor, and all the people they knew and didn't know came, which made William extremely troubled, and even the progress of transforming the manor's defense system was slowed down.
On the contrary, Lina was very happy to see so many famous people visiting, and she received them impatiently for two days. She was considering whether to go back to the castle to hide from the leisurely William. When she heard the report from Sunday News, "Sir, Hong Wengang who you let me pay attention to , Hong Wenbiao is on the boat to Thailand and is expected to arrive in Bangkok in fifteen hours."
"Very good," William, who had been impatient for a long time, decided to go to Bangkok without even thinking about it, "tell my mother that I have to go out to do business, and it may take a few days."
"Sir, I think you should see this".
"what?"
The TV in the living room turned on automatically, and the news was broadcasting a bombing that happened on Oxford Street in London today. Before I could hear the specific details, the mobile phone in my pocket suddenly rang.
He picked up the phone and saw that it was Garris' phone, and when the phone was connected, Garris' anxious voice came, "Hey, did you see the news?"
"Watching," William said, "what's going on?"
"Fifteen minutes ago, an explosion occurred in a clothing store on Oxford Commercial Street. Six people were killed on the spot and nearly 20 were injured. Catherine asked me to inform you that she wants to see you."
"What do you want me for?" William wondered, "This kind of thing is not the business of the London police? Or the commander of the anti-terrorism department, Richard Bromley?"
"I told you to come, you come." The voice on the phone suddenly changed to Catherine's voice. It seemed that Garris and Catherine were together, "I know you are at Devonhill Manor, and I will see you in my office in ten minutes. You, this is an order and a request, William, I need your help, we will talk about specific matters when we meet."
"Okay." If it's just an order, William will definitely not care about Catherine, but asking for help is another matter. After thinking about it, I'd better go and have a look first.
Chapter 404 I don't care if there is any risk
I put on my coat, took the car keys and drove to Catherine’s office, where I was last time. I was taken upstairs by someone like the secretary, and I opened the office door. Before entering the office, William’s mental scan found no one in the office.
Just as he was guarding whether it was a trap or something, he suddenly found that the LCD monitor on the wall was turned on, and the picture displayed was a conference room, where eight people were sitting upright listening to what Catherine had to say.
"Hi, William, you're here." When he turned his head, he saw Garris approaching from a distance, "Come in first, Catherine is in a meeting, so don't let outsiders know about our meeting."
"Hmm." Walking into the office, William pointed to Arthur Kane on the monitor and said, "What does this mean? Why is this old guy Arthur Kane here?"
"This old guy is here to find fault," Garris sneered.
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