Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 747: Replacement?

It has to be said that it was a wrong choice for Royal Dutch Shell to go it alone at this time. They ignored the influence of Phoenix Group in Asia and Lu Shaohua's capabilities, and they were self-righteous, thinking that they were the smartest in the world and wanted to use Phoenix Group. But in the end, Lu Shaohua was one step ahead and acquired their company's shares, suddenly becoming the third largest shareholder.

Phoenix Group once again demonstrated its application strength. Its strong capital is like a bottomless pit that is always undetectable. 17% of the shares were acquired without notice, and the acquisition was done silently, leaving the outside world unprepared.

What's more important is that in the past few years, Royal Dutch Shell's business has been booming due to its cooperation with Phoenix Group, and its stock price has also increased accordingly. Oh, no, it should be said that it has skyrocketed. Compared with that year, the stock price has doubled.

When the stock price doubled, Phoenix Group was still able to acquire 17% of the shares, which sounds scary. Don't forget that in the past few years, the stock of Royal Dutch Shell has not fluctuated at all, which shows that Phoenix Financial Storm did not acquire at a low price, but at a high price.

The acquisition was done at a high price and without any notice. One can imagine the strength of Phoenix Financial and how far-sighted Lu Shaohua is in thinking that he would reserve this opportunity in advance.

After Phoenix Group held a press conference, the world was in an uproar. Some so-called experts even broke the news, saying that Phoenix Financial Corporation held shares in many companies but had not made them public.

For this reason, many news media rushed to interview Phoenix Financial's general manager Li Yunqing, hoping to verify it, but everyone was disappointed. Li Yunqing neither admitted nor denied it, and just used one sentence: "Trade secret" to shut everyone up.

However, in Lu Shaohua's opinion, those so-called experts are still somewhat reliable. Lu Shaohua does hold shares in many companies, such as Microsoft, Dell, Apple, IBM in the United States, as well as Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's, KFC and many other well-known companies.

As for Germany, there are also some companies like BMW and Mercedes-Benz, in which Lu Shaohua holds a large number of shares. If everything were integrated, Lu Shaohua would be the second largest shareholder of their companies.

In Japan, Honda, Hitachi, Banksoft and others also hold a large number of shares, and Toyota is even more excessive. Lu Shaohua has already grasped absolute controlling rights, exceeding 51% of the shares, and completely turned Toyota into a subsidiary of Phoenix Group.

But Lu Shaohua would not make it public at this time. It would be best if Li Yunqing rejected the media with the words "commercial secret". Lu Shaohua did not want to stand out, and did not want to push Phoenix Group into the storm.

Facts have also proved that Lu Shaohua's decision was correct. Phoenix Group is now in the eye of the storm because all the oil companies in the world have focused their attention on Phoenix Group, making Phoenix Petroleum the focus. If another fire is set, Phoenix Group may become the target of many people's attacks.

Yes, Phoenix Petroleum has become the focus, the focus of the oil industry.

When Phoenix Petroleum was first established, not many people paid attention to it. They simply thought that it was a company established through cooperation between Phoenix Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell, and there was nothing to be surprised about. After all, a company always looks at "money".

But now it is different. Since the announcement that Phoenix Financial owns 17% of Royal Dutch Shell's shares, everyone has understood that Phoenix Group is going to enter the oil industry.

In the eyes of some financiers, they would think that Phoenix Financial's move was a great one and a perfect acquisition. However, in the eyes of the oil tycoons, it was not so. Phoenix Group only acquired the shares of Royal Dutch Shell in order to deal with its independent flight.

The answer is obvious. Even if Phoenix Group has amazing financial resources and too much energy, it will not do such boring things. So there is only one answer, that is, Phoenix Group is going to enter the oil field, and the acquisition of shares of Royal Dutch Shell is just a prelude.

There are not so many boring people or fools in the world. The water here is very deep and the meaning is great.

But no matter what, the rise of Phoenix Group is unstoppable. The only thing we can do is to make all preparations and accept the impact from Phoenix Petroleum.

Yes, they should be prepared, but some oil companies do not think so. They believe that this is a good opportunity, a rare opportunity. Phoenix Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell have fallen out, and Phoenix Financial holds a 17% stake, so Royal Dutch Shell is destined to lose.

The two companies are having a falling out again. This is an opportunity, an opportunity to divide the Asian market. If we enter the Asian market at this time, we may be able to grab a piece of this big cake. Well, even if we can't grab a piece, we can at least get some soup.

Of course, this is just the wishful thinking of some oil companies. Some people with unique vision and broad perspectives value the influence of Phoenix Group and believe that if they want to enter the Asian market, they cannot succeed without the participation of Phoenix Group.

Therefore, within less than half a day after the news came out, many well-known oil companies around the world called one after another, hoping to cooperate with Phoenix Petroleum to jointly operate the Asian market.

Replacement, yes, it is replacement. Their idea is to replace Royal Dutch Shell and become a partner of Phoenix Petroleum to share the big cake of the Asian market. At the same time, they are also curbing the rise of Phoenix Petroleum.

It is easy to understand why they seized the opportunity to replace Royal Dutch Shell, but it is a bit difficult to understand why they curbed the rise of Phoenix Petroleum.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand at all. For example, Phoenix Petroleum and Royal Dutch Shell have a falling out. The final result may be a separation. The establishment of Phoenix Petroleum itself is to set foot in the oil industry. Once Phoenix Petroleum chooses to go it alone, it will suddenly become the dominant player in Asia.

Asia is an entire intercontinental space, and no oil company can rival Phoenix Group, so its rise is inevitable. If it continues to operate the Asian market in a cooperative manner as before, Phoenix Petroleum will not rise so quickly, or will never rise.

Many companies had this idea, and finally three internationally renowned companies joined together and wanted to cooperate with Phoenix Petroleum to share the Asian market.

You heard it right, it is a merger of three companies. The three companies hold 50% of the shares, and Phoenix Petroleum holds 50% of the shares. The four companies jointly operate a newly established oil company, which is dominated by Phoenix Petroleum.

After hearing this suggestion, Lu Shaohua also considered it carefully. Should he agree to it?

Originally, Lu Shaohua was planning to continue cooperating with Royal Dutch Shell, which was why Lu Shaohua announced that he held 17% of the shares, using a naked threat to force Royal Dutch Shell to submit.

Well, it is worth mentioning that Lu Shaohua has no intention of going it alone. Now is not the time to do it alone. Lu Shaohua has been storing crude oil for the future for all these years, not to erupt at this time. This is why Lu Shaohua still chooses to operate the Asian market in a cooperative manner.

Since Lu Shaohua doesn't want to work alone, he has no choice but to find a partner, and that partner is his original partner, Royal Dutch Shell. After all, the two companies have always had smooth cooperation in the past.

But just when Lu Shaohua wanted to send someone to negotiate with Royal Dutch Shell, he came across a joint letter of cooperation from three companies, which made Lu Shaohua begin to hesitate.

Lu Shaohua hated being taken advantage of, very much. Unfortunately, Royal Dutch Shell took advantage of Lu Shaohua. Although Lu Shaohua had expected this to be taken advantage of, he still could not stand this reality. This also led to Lu Shaohua's hatred for Royal Dutch Shell.

Therefore, Lu Shaohua decisively issued an order, asking Phoenix Financial to send a representative to convene a new board meeting there, with only the chairman, and no one from Phoenix Petroleum was allowed to go.

The intention was very obvious. Lu Shaohua chose to wait and see. After all, he was in the upper hand now. He could talk to the three oil companies that had joined together. If the talks failed, Lu Shaohua would send someone to talk to the Royal Dutch Shell, and the two companies could still continue to cooperate.

Some people may ask, isn’t Lu Shaohua afraid that he will not get any benefits from either side?

No, Lu Shaohua does not think that both sides will not gain any benefits. The reason is very simple. The Royal Dutch Company is now a piece of cake and is controlled by Lu Shaohua. They have no power to resist. Lu Shaohua's Phoenix Group has taken the initiative, and whether to cooperate or not is entirely up to Lu Shaohua.

That is why Lu Shaohua dared to do this.

At the same time, Phoenix Petroleum was extremely efficient. In less than a few hours, under Lu Shaohua's instructions, it responded to the three oil companies' intention to cooperate and asked them to send people to Hong Kong for negotiations.

Lu Shaohua's entire attention has long been focused on gold and oil futures. Liu Mingzhang and the others have also made all preparations. Lu Shaohua's heart has long flown to Africa, and he has no time to pay attention to what's happening in Hong Kong. If this incident hadn't happened, Lu Shaohua would have already set off for Africa.

It's urgent. Lu Shaohua was anxious, so he replied quickly and asked to come to Hong Kong to talk, intending to finalize the matter as soon as possible.

But Lu Shaohua forgot that this matter has only shown signs of progress so far, and the outcome is still unknown. Well, even if a cooperation intention is reached, there are still many details that need to be discussed.