"Mr. Lin, Rothschild Commercial Bank is willing to help you convince the largest telecom operator in the UK O2, and suggest that they use your company's linu system as the operating system of smartphones." As the most promising young man in the Rothschild family, James Rothschild looked at Lin Zheng with confidence. He believed that Lin Zheng, who wanted to create a market in the European telecom market, would not be assured that the most important market in Europe in the UK: "My father also hopes to deepen his business dealings with Lianchuang Technology. On behalf of the family, he invited you to visit our family at the right time."

As soon as James Rothschild finished speaking, the old housekeeper following him took out an exquisite gold-plated invitation and respectfully presented it to Lin Zheng.

The invitation is exquisite, with the wooden shell, gilded fancy fonts and the iconic Rothschild family emblem clearly showing the Rothschild family's emphasis on Lin Zheng.

Lin Zheng replied seriously: "Thank you, I will visit you at the right time."

Regarding Lin Zheng's answer, James Rothschild and his old housekeeper read without any surprise expressions, as if this was the case: Will anyone refuse the invitation from the Rothschild family?

Lin Zheng wanted to know more about this family that was almost miraculously circulated on the Internet. He had only known that CNOOC's acquisition of Unicorn, the merger of Nan & Jing Automobile and the acquisition of Volvo, and Rothschild's participation in these commercial actions, but the intelligence collection over the past few days has made Lin Zheng know a lot more about the Rothschild family than before.

On the surface, the Rothschild family not only does not have the spirit of "hiding behind the scenes to control the Morgan family and the Rockefeller family" that is widely circulated in later generations, but can only be regarded as a second-rate family even if it is placed around the world. Its history is longer than those old families. Their main income comes from Rothschild Commercial Bank. Because its family banks choose not to go public and do not need to publicize their statements every year, their real wealth cannot be estimated at will. According to public information, the Rothschild Bank Group's annual turnover is less than US$10 billion and its profit is less than US$3 billion. It is estimated that its total capital will not exceed US$30 billion, less than a fraction of the large European and American banks, and it is not even as large as the Asian American Bank controlled by Lin Zheng, let alone compared with a behemoth like JPMorgan Chase Bank with assets of trillions of dollars.

In addition, there are some investments in art and expansion investments. The French St. Jacques Hotel and Lafite winery that must be staying in France, and the Rothschild family also have shares. In addition, the Rothschild family has a good winery. The Rafat-Rothschild Bordeaux red wine produced by this winery is one of the best and most expensive wines in the world, with about one or two thousand dollars per bottle.

But Lin Zheng still saw something "fun": this family and South Africa's De Beers company, which has 70% of the world's diamond production, can be seen behind the companies such as Vale, Rio Tinto, BHP, and Billiton, which account for 70% of the world's iron ore production. In other words, although this family has indeed declined, it is impossible for it to have the wealth of 50 trillion US dollars as mentioned in "Currency War", but its influence should not be underestimated. At least in the UK, the words "The Rothschild family is very good, very good, and no good can be better. As long as the UK does not fall, the Rothschild family will not fall." To some extent, it is a pity that the UK is gradually falling.

With the names Vale, Rio Tinto and BHP, Lin Zheng also needs to learn more about this family.

James Rothschild didn't know what Lin Zheng was thinking. He continued: "O2 has established a mobile phone business unit and is preparing to launch its own brand high-end smartphones. They are very interested in Lisheng's linu smartphone operating system. I think we have a broad world of cooperation in this regard."

o2 is the largest telecom operator in the UK, but unlike telecom operators in other countries, o2 not only works as a telecom service provider, but also makes its own brand mobile phones. With the help of the o2 channel, their mobile phones are selling well. If Lianchuang Technology can really sell the Linux mobile phone system to O2, both economic and political significance are extraordinary, but in order to obtain a loan from Lianchuang Technology to acquire Scania shares, they are willing to convince Lianchuang Technology to o2?

At least Lin Zheng doesn't believe it.

Looking at James Rothschild with a smile, Lin Zheng asked, "Mr. James, what else does Rothschild Bank have to ask? Let's say it together."

James Rothschild: "The conditions for Rothschild Bank are very simple. All the funds required by Lianchuang Technology to acquire Scania shares are provided by Rothschild Bank at an interest rate of 4%. In addition, if Lianchuang Technology successfully reaches a cooperation with O2, it will pay Rothschild Bank another $10 million as an advisory fee."

The loan interest rate is 550 million US dollars, with an interest rate of 4% per year. This loan interest rate is not high, but the conditions offered by James Rothschild later made Lin Zheng frown: Not to mention that the loan interest rate of Rothschild Bank itself is almost 1.5 percentage points higher than other banks, just talking about the $10 million consultant fee, Lin Zheng felt that he was paying it a little unfair.

"Improve it," Lin Zheng shook his head: "Mr. James, if this is the condition of Rothschild, I suggest we go out and have a drink."

This is a tactful rejection. Lin Zheng of course has to refuse. The 1.5 percentage points higher interest means that Lianchuang Technology will pay an additional $8.25 million every year. Usually, the repayment period of this type of loan is more than 5 years. 5 years means that Lianchuang Technology will pay an additional $41.25 million, plus the $10 million consulting fee, which is $51.25 million. How much effort does Lianchuang Technology need to make $51.25 million from O2?

If Lin Zheng agreed to such a condition, he would immediately become a joke for everyone.

James Rothschild seemed not surprised at Lin Zheng's "suggestions", but asked curiously: "Mr. Lin is not interested in Rothschild's conditions?"

"Hehe..." Lin Zheng shrugged and laughed twice.

Although "hehe..." has not yet been released, when Lin Zheng made this move, "hehe..." still showed its extremely powerful lethality: in Lin Zheng's thinking, James Rothschild's face should be as thick as the corner of a city wall, and the direct-fired large-caliber cannon could not be penetrated, but after being "hehe...", this girl's face turned slightly red.

Compared with the conditions of other banks, the conditions of Rothschild Bank are simply grabbing money. It would be a hell that Lin Zheng is willing to talk to them.

Fortunately, this is not the trump card of Rothschild Bank...

"What if we could help you get the absolute controlling stake in Scania for US$30 million per 1% of the shares?" James Rothschild suddenly said at Lin Zheng.

Lin Zheng frowned immediately: $30 million per 1% of shares, helping him get the absolute controlling stake in Scania? That is at least 51% of the shares? This means that he has to pay at least $1.53 billion... Of course, all of this money needs to be borrowed from Rothschild Bank... Even if the annual interest is executed at 2.5%, it is also a net interest income of $38.25 million per year. I am afraid that this merger will be the largest merger and acquisition case that Rothschild Bank has participated in this year. No wonder Rothschild is so concerned.

"The interest expenses of up to more than 60 million US dollars a year?" Lin Zheng looked at James Rothschild with a smile: "Mr. James, do you think I will do such stupid things? How many large companies with a scale of over 10 billion US dollars have not had that much net profit in a year?"

Lin Zheng’s example is somewhat inappropriate. A large group with a scale of over 10 billion US dollars and a normal business has certainly no annual net profit of only more than 60 million US dollars. However, through some financial means, the company’s financial statements can reflect this, but these are not important. What is important is what Lin Zheng expressed to James Rothschild: You are too dark!

"The interest rate issue can of course be negotiated," James Rothschild, one of the next generation of family patriarchs who was trained by the CEO of Rothschild Commercial Bank, attaches great importance to this merger and acquisition. If he can promote Lianchuang Technology's merger and acquisition of Scania, it will become his most glorious resume this year. Based on this point, James Rothschild will certainly not sit idly by and see the failure. He smiled, and his smile was still very sincere: "Everything can be negotiated, right?"

"Yes, everything can be discussed," Lin Zheng nodded, pondered for a moment, and asked James Rothschild: "I need to make sure that Rothschild can really help me achieve complete control of Scania?"

"God," James Rothschild exclaimed: "Lin, you should know that we are Rothschild. You shouldn't ask this question. You should just ask 'When will I be able to completely control Scania?' For Rothschild, this question has only one answer: as long as it is what we want to do, we will definitely succeed."

This answer is pretty good, but based on the fact that this family can actually do something like CNOOC's acquisition of Unicorn, the merger of Nan & Jing Automobile and the Magic City Automobile, and the acquisition of Volvo by Comrade Li, Lin Zheng decided to temporarily believe that this is a show-off after having the strength. So the question is...
Chapter completed!