Chapter 323: 317: Acquisition<div>


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    “Uh…” Oscar ir and the others were perplexed. It’s standard for airlines to apply for routes and pay the necessary fees to the respective countries. However, if you’re applying for routes but not operating on them, isn’t that basically taking a loss?


    But as long as you pay on time, nobody would meddle too much. but… isn’t this excessive extravagance? How many trips can you make with a private jet? This… this is toovish. After some consideration, everyone felt speechless. After going to the length of buying an airlinepany for the sake of securing routes, what is this application for unused routes?<div>


    “So, everyone, let’s discuss which airlinepany to buy. This is your area of expertise, right?” Finn Lewis broke the silence with a smile.


    “There’s no problem buying an airline. However, there arepanies like National Defense, Eastern Airlines, Southern Airlines, and Shenzhen Airlines which are state-run, and it would be unlikely for them to be for sale. We can only purchase private airlinepanies. Although acquiring a private airline would require approval, the chances of a sessful purchase are still quite high. We can handle this,” Matthew Chan said confidently.N?v(el)B\\jnn


    “Private Airlines? Which private airlines are there domestically?” Finn didn’t quite know the answer since Matthew seemingly listed all the airlines that Finn was aware of.


    “Spring and Autumn, Lucky Airlines are examples of private airlines,” Matthew said with two examples, implying that there were others, though their scale might not be as significant.


    “Then let’s buy Spring and Autumn Airlines,” Finn nodded, not knowing how extensive Spring and Autumn Airlines was but assuming it wouldn’t cost too much.


    “The total market capitalization of Spring and Autumn Airlines is around 35 to 36 billion. However, the circting market value is around 9 billion, representing about 25% of the shares, the remaining sixty percent are in the hands of Spring and Autumn International Travel Group. To achieve Mr. Lewis’s goal, owning 20% of the shares would be sufficient. There’s no need to gain control,” Matthew exined right away.


    35 billion would convert to about 6 billion federal coins, an amount Finn Lewis didn’t currently have in cash. But if he were to merely acquire more than fifty percent, the cost would be approximately 3 billion federal coins. As for Matthew’s suggestion, after careful thought, Finn Lewis decided to take control. After gaining control, it would be easier to do whatever he wanted.


    “Let’s take control then. Also, choose an airline in both the Southern and North Federation. As long as they have the qualifications to apply for routes, it’s sufficient,” Finn contemted, deciding it would be beneficial to include two airlines from the federation. However, there’s no need forrge-scale ones in the federation. There are plenty of airlines with a market capitalization of a couple hundred million federation coins. The most important point was… after purchasing these airlines, they could be used for more than just securing routes.


    This n indeed fitted well with Henry Lewis’s ns. Two birds with one stone! Furthermore, his reputation of being a high roller was already known by everyone. It would be beneficial to make everyone believe that he was a spendthrift. The true purpose of buying these airlines, he guessed, probably would not be spected by others. Finn Lewis mulled.


    “No problem,” Lawrence Rodger and Oscar ir’s faces lit up with delight. It seemed that buyingpanies involved a lot of effort with little profit.


    However, in reality, the transactions amongst banks yield a significant profit. As for how this profit was made, that was not public knowledge.<div>


    Otherwise, why would these financial groups be eager to provide you with financial personnel and private wealth management assistants for free after your assets reach a certain level? They help you with tax nning,plete your work, and even assist your acquisition ofpanies. During these acquisitions, these financial groups have the positioning.


    There’s no such thing as a free lunch; who would do these tasks for you if there were no profit?


    “I brought along another list,” Finn Lewis smiled, producing another list from his bag, “There are dozens ofpanies on this that I want to acquire by the end of this year.”


    As Finn spoke, he handed the lists to the representatives of the three banks.


    Lawrence Rodger and Oscar ir were dumbfounded, but their excitement was hardly conceble. Luca Hall’s demeanor seemed elevated, amazed at Finn’s ambition of acquiring several dozens ofpanies! Regardless of the scale of thesepanies, even if everypany only had a market value of a million federation coins, to acquire dozens at once was still extravagant!


    Matthew Chan and the others received identical lists to review. Meanwhile, Finn Lewis turned to Dim Morris. To be honest, Finn supported the domestic production of theserge aircraft. Many people pointed out numerous existing problems daily on the inte.


    To put it bluntly, when the me Nation achieves some advanced aplishments, the first reaction is disbelief. When the North Federation achieves something incredible, the first reaction is admiration. The cause for this is ack of self-confidence, and there are multiple reasons contributing to this.


    To put it more bluntly, what did the me Nation have since 1950? The answer is basically nothing. Not to mention the foundation of heavy industry, they couldn’t even produce basic light industry products at the time. If it wasn’t for the concentrated effort to develop specific industries back then and the dedication of citizens who contributed tremendously to the nation’s growth, the nation wouldn’t have been transformed from destion to bing the world’srgest economic entity in just over sixty years.


    Yes, you heard it right! ording to international banking organizations and other assessment bodies, me Nation, based on real purchasing power parity(PPP), has formally surpassed the North Federation to be the world’srgest economic entity. The so-called PPP is aprehensive calction rule, and its rate with federal coins is approximately 3:1.


    Which means the purchasing power of three me Nation coins is roughly equivalent to one federal coin. The PPP is aprehensive calction method for a nation. Don’t use any single product to makeparisons as it doesn’t work that way.


    In just over sixty years, from a struggling nation where providing food was an immense challenge for its vast poption, it has now be the world’srgest economic entity and the only one with aplete industrial system in the world. Yes, even the North Federation doesn’t have aplete system. Suffice it to say, you can find any product’splete industrial chain—right from the earliest raw material to the final product—in the me Nation!<div>


    The establishment of this perfect industrial system signifies the me Nation’s independence from relying on other nations!


    Therefore, when looking at problems, please consider them from aprehensive perspective, incorporating historical and developmental factors. This way, you will be able to perceive aplete picture, without looking at the world through a biased lens..