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Having received the promise from the British Prime Minister Spike Bob, Henry knew that the acquisition of Arcelor Steel Company would be a drama, so he was naturally not very happy. Once the Williams Steel Company annexes the Arcelor Steel Company, it will surely become a giant in the steel industry, slamming the Japanese steel companies and Korean steel companies that are behind!

Analyzing the relationship between Henry and Japan, if World War III breaks out in the future, Madagascar is likely to fight Japan. And the steel industry is the top priority of a country, weakening it is equivalent to weakening the country's overall strength! Right now, Japan has a population of hundreds of millions and a developed economy. The weak Madagascar is really no match. Therefore, Henry will suppress Japan's development as much as possible in the future.

At this time, the outside world was full of news about Henry's acquisition of the shipyard.

"The Times" reported: "Recently, Henry Williams, the world's richest man, invested seventy to eighty billion US dollars to acquire nearly a hundred British shipyards, which caused a global sensation. Numerous experts and analysts believed that Henry Williams' move It will definitely revitalize the British shipyards, and the empire on which the sun never sets a hundred years ago will once again create glory!"

"Korea Busan Daily": "The combination of hundreds of shipyards in the UK into one company is unprecedentedly powerful in terms of technology and scale! This will be an unprecedented giant company, and Korean shipyards will face the most severe challenges in the future! !!"

"..."

If the media knew that Henry was going to buy Arcelor Steel Company, they would definitely be shocked!

At noon, the scorching sun hangs high.

Spike Bob stayed at Kensington Palace for lunch with Henry and Lakshmi Mittal. In the meantime, discuss the acquisition of Arcelor Steel. Since Henry still has a lot of things to do, this matter is handed over to Lakshmi Mittal.

It's almost April, and Apple originally planned to hold a product launch event on April Fool's Day to launch the iPhone smartphone. Henry thought for a while, the founding of Madagascar is imminent, and this news will definitely cause a sensation all over the world. And when the iPhone is released at this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to make headlines! In order to make headlines and increase exposure, Henry decided to postpone the release of the iPhone. In the meantime, 4G network construction can be carried out first. Network is very important for a smartphone. The iPhone targets high-end users, and the 4G network also targets high-end users. Therefore, after the establishment of a 4G network, iPhones should be more popular.

After sending away Spike Bob and Lakshmi Mittal, Henry ordered all the telecommunications companies under his name, as well as Cisco, Qualcomm, Lucent, Apple, and Williams Electronics to hold an ocean-going video conference. , Henry first announced the postponement of Apple's product launch to October 1st, which happened to be the global shopping carnival held by Nicholas International E-Commerce. Holding a product launch event at this point will definitely cause a very hot iPhone sales scene and cause a huge sensation. People have a herd mentality. Seeing that the iPhone is so popular, of course they want to buy one. If we engage in hunger and thirst marketing at this time, we will surely receive unexpected results!

"The launch of the iPhone will be postponed until October 1st, and during this period, Cisco, Qualcomm, Lucent, and Williams Electronics must actively cooperate with telecom companies to build 4G networks. I hope that in the next 6 months Here, the 4G network service can be successfully launched!!!" Henry thought for a while, and said, "At the same time, try to persuade other telecommunications companies to build a 4G network, and make the cake of the entire 4G network bigger!"

"Yes!!!"

"Well, then you can discuss the next thing!" Henry said, disconnecting the remote video connection.

After disconnecting, it occurred to Henry that he didn't have a telecommunications company in the UK yet. As one of the most important constituent countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom has a great influence.

"Acquire a British telecommunications company, and then use this as a basis to enter the European telecommunications market!"

Henry immediately recalled what telecommunication companies there were in the UK.

The largest telecommunications company in the UK belongs to the British state-owned enterprise - British Telecom Group (abbreviated as BT). In 2001, in order to relieve the company's financial crisis, BT separated its subsidiary mobile phone company BT-Wireless and established an independent company called mmO2. In 2002, mmO2 officially launched the O2 brand. Then in November 2005, Telefonica, a big local in the European market, threw out piles of banknotes and bought O2 at a price of 22% premium for 17.7 billion pounds in cash. O2 also lived up to Telefónica's expectations. It has been developing smoothly in the UK mobile communication market, especially in the postpaid market with the highest value, occupying half of the country, forming a relatively high-end brand image.

What Henry most wants to acquire now is the mobile communication company in the telecommunications field. In the UK market, there are mainly Vodafone, the No. 1 telecommunications giant, Orange in France, T-Mobile in Germany, O2 in the UK, and Three established by Li Jiacheng. Among them, orange and T-Mobile will "knit the knot" in the future to form EE. Li Jiacheng, on the other hand, wants to acquire O2 Company wholeheartedly. Once Three merges O2, it will own more than 46% of the UK market, forming a monopoly!

Henry's target was naturally O2, so the next day he decided to spend 20 billion US dollars to send an acquisition request to O2!

It was really a wave of ups and downs, and the British media was shocked again.

"The Sun": "What is the sign of a rich man? - Just like Henry Williams, the richest man in the world, he stopped acquiring other companies at the same time! We all know that Henry Williams is doing a lot of acquisitions these days British shipyard. The latest news just came out this morning that Henry Williams has issued an acquisition invitation to the British mobile communication giant O2. Yes, that’s right, Henry Williams, the richest man in the world, is going to enter the British telecommunications industry again , and then it will enter the whole of Europe. At this moment, European telecommunications giants, are you afraid?"

This news soon caused a terrible hurricane in various European countries. Vodafone, Telefónica, Deutsche Telekom and other European telecommunications giants were all in panic. At this time, the company's stock prices fell in response!

Henry was watching the news at the moment, and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled: "It makes me look like a devil, is it that scary?"

British Prime Minister Spike Bob knew that Henry was going to acquire O2 again after seeing the news, and immediately called to inquire. Henry told him that after the acquisition of O2, he would immediately start building a 4G network.

When Spike Bob heard that Henry actually wanted to build a 4G network in the UK to promote the development of the UK network, he was overjoyed immediately and expressed his support for Henry's acquisition of O2.

O2's parent company has debts as high as 10 to 20 billion U.S. dollars. It sold O2 to Telefónica in its previous life, so it can naturally be sold to Henry in this life.

Facing the temptation of US$20 billion, BT Group directly agreed to Henry's acquisition of O2 without saying a word.

On March 29, the two parties formally signed the contract.

After taking down O2 Company, Henry immediately ordered O2 Company to prepare to build a 4G network.

Since O2 has always followed the middle and high-end prepaid market route, it cannot give up on the low-end. When Henry purchased O2, O2 was negotiating cooperation with Tesco, the largest retail company in the UK, and was preparing to jointly establish Tesco-Mobile in the mobile virtual operator (MVNO) market, focusing on the low-end prepaid market.

Traditional mobile operators are basic operators, such as China Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom. In fact, mobile virtual operators are operators that share all or part of the network resources of basic operators to carry out business. To put it bluntly, they are second-hand dealers who buy resources from basic operators and then sell them on the Internet.

Since MVNOs help basic operators develop the market, this is mutually beneficial for both parties. However, there is a premise, that is: mobile virtual operators cannot steal users from basic operators. Therefore, generally speaking, the user positioning of mobile virtual operators is different from that of basic operators.

As a basic operator, O2 targets the mid-to-high-end market, while Tesco-Mobile, as a mobile virtual operator, targets the low-end market. Therefore, even if Tesco-Mobile steals users, it mostly steals users from other telecom companies.

Tesco-Mobile was very successful in the previous life, and was considered as one of the successful models by the global mobile virtual operation business community. O2 shares its own network resources, while tesco uses its own online and offline channels for sales. But the problem now is that Henry also has a retail business in the UK, and Amazon, eBay, and Alibaba have basically monopolized the UK e-commerce market. If O2 establishes a mobile virtual operator company, it should also cooperate with the company under Henry’s name.

So, Henry called the current CEO of O2, Paul Adams, and said: "The cooperation between O2 and Tesco has been cancelled, and the rich water will not flow to outsiders. I will arrange for Nicholas International E-Commerce Group to cooperate with O2 to establish Nicolas-Mobile." !"

"Okay, I see!" Paul Adams nodded.

Inspired by this, Henry couldn't help thinking that when the traditional basic operator model encounters a bottleneck, maybe this new mobile virtual operator model can break the bottleneck and open up a larger market!

On April 1, Henry left England for South Africa. South Africa is one of the five largest mineral producing countries in the world, and it is on the verge of Madagascar. It is self-evident that Henry's purpose of going here is to obtain South Africa's mineral resources.

Just as Henry was flying to South Africa, news came from Europe that Williams Steel and Arcelor Steel had reached a merger intention. As long as the EU approves, the merger plan can be completed!

As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar all over the world.

"What the hell is going on? The world's two largest steel giants are about to merge..."

"Yeah, if this merger is passed, the Williams Steel Company will definitely be blown up!!!"

"Oh, Henry Williams, is this the rhythm of buying the earth? It's only been a few days since I came to the UK. First, the shipyard, then the telecommunications company, and then the steel company. Madd, I have never been convinced since I was a child. Anyone, but today, I have to say 'I am convinced' to Henry Williams!!!”

"Ha ha……"

At noon that day, the British Broadcasting Corporation BBC made a more detailed report: "Williams Steel CEO Lakshmi Mittal had arrived in London, England a week ago, and then secretly contacted Arcelor Steel According to an interview with this TV station, Williams Steel proposed to merge Arcelor Steel with 30 billion US dollars and 30% of the shares, of which Williams Steel acquired from Bank of America, Standard Chartered Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Prestige Capital, Blackstone Group Five banks or financial institutions collectively borrowed $20 billion!"

After reading the BBC report, netizens commented: "Fuck, all these banks and financial institutions are Henry Williams's industry, and the amount of funds they control is tens of trillions of dollars. Getting a loan is not a matter of Henry Williams’ words!!!”

"Oh, yes, it's so easy. But if we go to the bank to borrow money, it will become 'the road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky'!"

"It's so depressing. Why do I suddenly feel that the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger!"

"****, see the reality clearly, this is society!"

"..."

Henry's private jet will take another hour or two to arrive at the capital airport in South Africa, but the airport is already crowded with people. South African President Gary Tennyson manages a huge country, and usually manages a lot of things, but when he heard that Henry was coming to South Africa, he immediately postponed all other work arrangements, and came to the airport in person to wait for Henry to visit! ! !

After Henry's trip to South Africa is over, he will go to Madagascar to complete the founding of the country.

At the moment, he is on the phone with Karina.

"My dear, I will arrive in South Africa soon, stay here for a few days, and then go directly to Madagascar. I am worried that the US government may hurt you when I found my country. Of course, with my current strength and Even the influence of the whole world, they dare not do anything to you. However, they are not afraid of 10,000, just in case. So, for the sake of safety, you should prepare and leave tomorrow for Madagascar!!!”

"Okay, I understand! Then be careful yourself!"

"Don't worry, I will be careful, see you in Madagascar!"

After Henry finished explaining the matter, he hung up the phone.

On April 3, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon South African time, Henry arrived at the South African capital airport.

The cabin door of the private jet opened slowly, and Henry's bodyguard walked out first, followed by Henry. At this time, a symphony band with dozens of people not far away began to play the highest standard music that South Africa will only have when welcoming the presidents of various countries. After Henry got off the plane, a cute little loli came over holding flowers and wanted to present flowers to Henry.

On both sides of the aisle, there are also some elementary school students holding flowers, and they shouted: "Warmly welcome Mr. Williams to South Africa!"

"Don't make it so grand, I just said that I want to invest in South Africa..."

At this time, Henry saw South African President Gary Tennyson walking over with a smile on his face...

(to be continued ~^~)