Rebirth of England.

"I hope you can make the EU understand that Alstom's acquisition is imperative. At least one of Bombardier and Siemens' railway departments must be approved without any conditions. Otherwise, our high-speed rail line 2 project will be outsourced to China as a whole, and Europe will not receive any orders."

For this acquisition of Alstom, the negotiation team formed by Barron with relevant EU institutions is personally led by Ashley Weber, and members include representatives of Alstom, Standard Defense and Eurofins Bank. William Weber Capital will provide consulting services for this acquisition, while Eurofins Bank will provide financing services for this acquisition.

At the same time, the governments of Britain and France will also send ministerial personnel to participate in the negotiations with the EU antitrust agency.

In fact, as early as when Britain approved the construction plan of High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2, China expressed its interest in participating.

In January 2012, the South China Morning Post quoted China Railway Corporation as saying that if the British government wanted to build this high-speed rail project, China Railway would be interested in bidding.

At that time, China South Locomotive and Rolling Stock Corporation Limited also expressed interest in the project...

Earlier, in September 2011, China and the UK signed the "Memorandum of Understanding between the Two Governments on Strengthening Infrastructure Cooperation". Going back further, in June 9, the Chinese Prime Minister expressed China's intention to participate in the construction of the UK's high-speed rail project HS2011 during a meeting with Cameron in London.

Although Cameron did not give a clear response at the time, only saying that Britain welcomes China's investment in British infrastructure, the words of Hoone, who is also the UK's Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, revealed his admiration for China's high-speed rail and other projects that have energy-saving and emission-reduction effects.

And at the end of last year, when Cameron led a delegation on a visit to China, China expressed its intention to invest tens of billions of pounds in British infrastructure, including an investment of more than 2 billion pounds in Britain's HS400 high-speed rail.

It can be said that China is very active in participating in the High-Speed ​​Rail Line 2 project and is even willing to provide most of the loans needed for its construction.

"We also need to consider that if we really open up most of the HS2 project to China, then the EU will inevitably withdraw its subsidies for the high-speed rail project in the UK..."

British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson, as the main representative of the government who assisted Barron in completing the acquisition of Bombardier, immediately dissuaded Barron from making these seemingly impulsive remarks:

"And if we do this, it will inevitably lead to criticism from some local companies, and we will be under a lot of pressure."

"If such a consequence occurs, it is entirely due to the EU's excessive antitrust investigation, which has prevented us from mobilizing sufficient local European resources, and..."

Barron didn't care about Peter Mandelson's words, but on the surface, he said in a slightly slower tone:

"If I were to take over this project, it would first be a commercial project. I would only care about who can complete the project with higher efficiency and lower cost while ensuring quality and quantity, rather than blindly creating benefits for companies that are not competitive."

Yes, as a private company, Barron only needs to consider how to complete the project in the most economical way, but as the British government, there are more things to consider.

This is also why in his previous life, this high-speed rail line in England was delayed again and again, eventually becoming a "negative example" in high-speed rail construction.

Of course, he will give all companies equal opportunities in the bidding for this project. If the British government or other EU countries are willing, they can provide corresponding subsidies to their companies to increase their competitiveness.

Up to now, Barron has not started the acquisition of First Group and Eversholt Rail Group. The meaning is obvious, that is, completing the acquisition of Bombardier is a prerequisite for him to take over the UK High Speed ​​Rail Line 2.

Otherwise, even if they are willing to take over, they will choose a more cost-effective option. Of course, outsourcing most of the project to Huaxia Company now is just Barron’s "threat" to the EU antitrust agency, but if the other party really refuses him, then as long as Barron takes over the High-speed Rail Line 2, this will inevitably become a reality.

As for the merger of Alstom and Siemens' railway division that Baron had previously proposed to German Chancellor Merkel, Siemens needs to first agree to provide 10 billion euros in "compensation for failed merger and acquisition." Siemens has not yet responded to this.

But according to information obtained by Barron, Germany and Siemens have already negotiated with the European Union on merging their railway businesses with Alstom. It seems that they want to test the waters first to assess the possibility of this plan being approved by the other party.

It is not just Alstom that needs to pay "M&A failure compensation" to Siemens. Judging from the current contacts between Cavendish Trust and Alstom and Bombardier, the other party does not mind being acquired very much, but they are also worried about the review of the EU antitrust agency. Therefore, Barron said that he also needs to provide "M&A failure compensation" for the acquisition, and the amount is as high as 5 million euros.

Therefore, the current situation is a little confusing. They need to obtain commitments from relevant EU agencies before they can continue with this acquisition.

Of course, if the other party cannot make a clear commitment, Barron does not mind really carrying out large-scale cooperation with China in this high-speed rail Line 2 project.

At that time, Alstom, which had not completed the merger, could only obtain orders that they could undertake, and most of the rest would belong to China.

"The problem is much more complicated than initially expected."

When Barron met Cameron again, the other loosened his tie and couldn't help but sigh.

"As long as you do things, you will always encounter various problems. Only when you are just talking nonsense do you not need to solve the problems."

Barron shrugged and said so.

Having been prime minister for three years, Cameron naturally has a deep understanding of what Barron said.

Especially under the "democratic" system like that in Europe and the United States, it is particularly difficult to get things done.

After all, there are all kinds of debates in parliament all day long, countless opinions are put forward, and people argue back and forth about one thing day after day, which always makes people particularly tired.

It can be said that no matter what the final evaluation is, anyone who first sits in a position like Cameron always has the idea of ​​making great plans and doing something.

However, in the face of various quarrels, there are still too few people who can finally persevere and do something.

Just like Obama, even though he served as the President of the United States for two terms, after several years, the only impression he could leave on people was nothing more than "Obama's medical insurance."