With the promise of British Prime Minister Spike Bob, Henry knew that the acquisition of Arcelor Iron & Steel Company was going to happen, and he was naturally not very happy. Once Williams Steel has annexed Arcelor Steel, it will surely become a giant in the steel industry, smashing the Japanese steel companies and the Korean steel companies that are ranked behind!

Based on the analysis of Henry's relationship with Japan, if World War III breaks out in the future, Madagascar is likely to fight with Japan. The steel industry is the top priority of a country, and weakening it is tantamount to weakening the comprehensive strength of the country! Right now, Japan has a population of hundreds of millions and a developed economy. Madagascar is really not a rival. 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 that: "Recently, Henry Williams, the world’s richest man, invested US$70 billion to acquire nearly 100 British shipyards, causing a global sensation. Countless experts and analysts believe that Henry Williams’s move It will surely give the British shipyards a new lease of life, and the empire that never sets a hundred years ago will once again be glorious!"

"Busan Daily": "The formation of hundreds of British shipyards into one company is unprecedented in 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, they would be shocked!

At noon, the scorching sun was high.

Spike Bob stayed at Kensington Palace for lunch with Henry and Lakshmi Mittal. At the same time, discuss the acquisition of Arcelor Steel Company. Since Henry still has a lot of work to do, this matter is left to Lakshmi Mittal's sole responsibility.

It’s almost April, and Apple originally had to hold a product launch conference on April Fool’s Day to launch the iPhone smartphone. Henry thought for a while, Madagascar is about to establish a state, this news will definitely make a global sensation. 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 between, the 4g network can be built first. The network is very important for a smart phone. The iPhone is targeting high-end users, and the 4g network is also targeting high-end users. Therefore, after the establishment of the 4g network, the iPhone should be more popular.

After sending away Spike Bob and Lakshmi Mittal, Henry ordered all telecommunications companies under his name and Cisco, Qualcomm, Lucent, Apple and Williams Electronics to jointly hold an ocean-going video conference. , Henry first announced the postponement of Apple’s product launch to October 1, which happened to be the global shopping carnival held by Nicholas International E-commerce. Holding a product launch conference at this point will surely create a scene of very hot iPhone sales 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 you engage in thirsty marketing at this time, you will be able to receive unexpected effects!

"The launch of the iPhone will be postponed to October 1. During this period, Cisco, Qualcomm, Lucent and Williams Electronics will actively cooperate with telecommunications companies to establish 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 telecom companies to build 4g networks as much as possible to make the entire 4g network cake bigger!"

"Yes!!!"

"Well, then you can discuss the next thing yourself!" As he said, Henry disconnected the remote video connection.

After disconnecting, Henry suddenly realized that he did not have a telecommunications company in the UK. As one of the very important constituent countries of the European Union, the United Kingdom has great influence.

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

Henry immediately recalled what telecommunications company was in the UK.

The largest telecommunications company in the United Kingdom 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 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, the big tycoon in the European market, threw out piles of banknotes and smashed 17.7 billion pounds in cash to acquire o2 at a 22% premium. o2 also does not live up to the expectations of Telefónica. It has been developing smoothly in the UK mobile communications market, especially in the post-paid market with the highest value, occupying half of the country, forming a relatively high-end brand image.

What Henry wants to acquire most now is the mobile communication company in the telecommunications field. The UK market mainly includes the largest telecommunications giant Vodafone, French orange, German T-mobile, British o2 and Three companies established by Li Jiacheng. Among them, orange and T-mobile will "tie a good relationship" in the future to form the ee company. Li Jiacheng is bent on acquiring o2. Once Three merges with o2, he will own more than 46% of the UK market, forming a monopoly!

Henry's goal is naturally o2, so he decided to spend 20 billion US dollars to send a purchase request to o2 the next day!

It was a wave of unrest, and the British media were shocked again.

"The Sun": "What is the sign of the rich?-Just like Henry Williams, the richest man in the world, the simultaneous stop of the acquisition of other companies! We all know that Henry Williams is making big acquisitions these days British shipyard. And the latest news just came this morning, Henry Williams has issued an invitation to the British mobile communications giant o2. Yes, that’s right, the world’s richest man Henry Williams is going to enter the British telecommunications industry again After that, we will enter the whole of Europe. At this moment, European telecom giants, are you afraid?"

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

Henry was watching the news at the moment, and couldn't help but shook his head and smiled: "Is it so scary to make me look like a devil?"

British Prime Minister Spike Bob also saw the news before he knew that Henry was going to buy O2 again. He called and asked about it. Henry told him that after the acquisition of O2, he would immediately start building a 4g network.

When Spike Bob heard that Henry was actually going to build a 4G network in the UK to promote the development of the UK's network, he was overjoyed and said that he would support Henry's acquisition of o2.

O2's parent company has debts of up to one or two tens of billions of dollars. In the previous life, o2 was sold to Telefónica, and it can naturally be sold to Henry in this life.

Facing the temptation of US$20 billion, British Telecom Group directly agreed to Henry's acquisition of o2 without saying a word.

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

After winning the o2 company, Henry immediately ordered the o2 company to prepare for the establishment of a 4g network.

Because o2 companies have always followed the mid-to-high-end prepaid market route, but the low-end can't give up. At the time when Henry acquired O2, O2 was negotiating cooperation with Tesco, the largest retail company in the UK, and was preparing to jointly establish a mobile company 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. The mobile virtual operator is actually an operator that shares all or part of the basic operator's network resources to carry out business. To put it more bluntly, it is a peddler who buys the resources of the basic operator and then sells it on the network.

Since mobile virtual operators help basic operators open up 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 and basic operators are different.

As a basic operator, o2 is positioned in the middle and high-end markets, and as a mobile virtual operator, -mobile is positioned in the low-end market. Then, even if -mobile is stealing users, it is likely to steal users from other telecommunications companies.

-mobile company was very successful in the previous life, and it is regarded as one of the successful models by the global mobile virtual operation business community. o2 shares its own network resources and uses its own online and offline channels for sales. But the problem now is that Henry also has retail companies in the UK, and Amazon, eBay and Alibaba basically monopolize the British e-commerce market. If O2 establishes a mobile virtual operator company, it should also cooperate with a company under Henry's name.

Therefore, Henry called the current CEO Paul Adams of o2 and said: "The cooperation between o2 and the company is cancelled, and the fertilizer will not flow to outsiders. I will arrange for Nicholas International E-commerce Group to cooperate with o2 to establish a mobile company!"

"Okay, I get it!" Paul Adams nodded.

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

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

On the way Henry flew to South Africa, news came from Europe that Williams Steel and Arcelor Steel had reached an intent to merge, and the merger plan could only be completed with the approval of the European Union!

As soon as the news came out, there was a global uproar.

"What's the situation with this Tm? The world's two major steel giants are actually going to merge..."

"Yes, if this merger is passed, Williams Steel will definitely blow up!"

"Worri, Henry Williams, is this the rhythm of buying the earth? It's only a few days since I came to the UK, first the shipyard, then the telecommunications company, and then the steel company. Made, I haven't served since I was young. No one, but today, I have to say to Henry Williams, "I take it!"

"Ha ha……"

At noon that day, the British Broadcasting Corporation BBc made a more detailed report: "Williams Steel's CEO Lakshmi Mittal had come to London, England as early as a week ago, and then he secretly contacted Arcelor Steel. According to an interview with this TV station, Williams Steel proposed to merge Arcelor Steel with 30 billion U.S. dollars and 30% of the shares. Among them, Williams Steel from Bank of America, Standard Chartered Bank, Royal Bank of Scotland, Prestige Capital, Blackstone Group Five banks or financial institutions have borrowed a total of US$20 billion!"

After reading the BBc report, a netizen commented: "Fuck, these banks and financial institutions are all Henry Williams's property, and the amount of funds they control all add up to tens of trillions of dollars. It is not a matter of Henry Williams to take a loan!!!"

"Oh, yeah, it's easy. But if we change it to a bank loan, it will become ‘the road to Shu is difficult, it’s hard to go to the sky’!"

"So depressed, why do I suddenly feel that the gap between the rich and the poor is getting bigger and bigger!"

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

"..."

Henry’s private jet will take an hour or two to reach South Africa’s capital airport, but the airport is already crowded. South Africa’s President Gary Tennyson manages a huge country and has a lot of opportunities, but when he heard that Henry was coming to South Africa, he immediately postponed all other work and went to the airport to wait for Henry’s coming! ! !

After this trip to South Africa is over, Henry will go to Madagascar to complete the foundation of the nation~lightnovelpub.net~ At this moment, Henry is talking on the phone with Kailena.

"My dear, I am about to arrive in South Africa. I will stay here for a few days before heading directly to Madagascar. I am worried that the US government may hurt you when I found the country. Of course, with my current strength, I am already in the United States. They don’t dare to do anything to you because of their influence. However, they are not afraid of 10,000, just in case. So, for safety, you should prepare for it and leave tomorrow for Madagascar!!!"

"Okay, I understand! Then you should be careful!"

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

After Henry explained the matter, he hung up the phone.

On April 3, at 3 pm South Africa time, Henry arrived at the South African Capital Airport.

The door of the private jet opened slowly. Henry's bodyguard came out first, and Henry came out after him. At this time, not far away, a symphony orchestra of dozens of people began to play the highest-level music that South Africa would have when welcoming the presidents of various countries. After Henry got off the plane, a cute little loli came over with flowers and wanted to offer Henry flowers.

On both sides of the road are some elementary school students holding flowers, shouting: "A warm welcome to Mr. Williams to South Africa!"

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

At this time, Henry saw South African President Gary Tennyson approaching with a smile...

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