Rebirth 1984: Starting from the development of Hanka

Chapter 250 Investing in Daimler-Benz
The board of directors of Volvo Group has already planned for the price increase of Tiangong Technology. Before the price does not exceed 250 billion US dollars, it still insists on selling only Volvo cars.

Therefore, Gary Matilda said: "Mr. Fan Boming, our group is still more inclined to sell the Volvo Car business to your company. Volvo Cars has a history of more than 70 years, and it has established itself as a leader in safety innovation and engineering. status and has a reputation for producing some of the safest vehicles in the world. A focus on safety has been a core principle of the company since its inception, a commitment that has driven the development of various advanced safety technologies over the years."

"Like three-point seat belts, airbags, anti-lock brakes and traction control, Volvo has been at the forefront of developing and introducing other safety features!"

"Three-point seat belts are estimated to have saved more than 100 million lives worldwide."

"Volvo engineers have also developed new safety systems that use sensors and cameras to detect potential hazards on the road and alert the driver to take corrective action..."

Gary Matilda eloquently introduced the advantages of Volvo cars, especially emphasizing the safety of Volvo cars.

Finally, he said to Fan Boming: "If Tiangong Technology can acquire the Volvo car business, it will definitely be of great help to your company!"

After listening to the introduction, Fan Boming had to sigh that Volvo Cars is indeed the safest car in the world at the moment, and couldn't help but want to buy it.

"Mr. Matilda, as far as I know, the Volvo car business has declined and suffered serious losses. Obviously it is not as good as you say. Otherwise, you would not be willing to sell Volvo cars."

Fan Boming confronted each other and said, "If we buy Volvo Cars, we will take a huge risk. It is not easy to turn around the profit and loss. Therefore, our Tiangong Technology Company insists on acquiring the entire Volvo Group!"

Gary Matilda shook his head and said: "Mr. Fan, I'm sorry, the board of directors only authorizes me to negotiate with you about the sale of Volvo cars. Volvo Group is not for sale!"

Fan Boming smiled and said: "There is nothing that money cannot buy, unless the money given is not in place! If Tiangong Technology cannot acquire the entire Volvo Group, it may give up the acquisition plan. Mr. Matilda , you can express our determination to Volvo’s board of directors.”

After finishing speaking, Fan Boming stood up, shook hands with Gary Matilda and said goodbye: "Mr. Matilda, see you next time. I hope to receive good news by then!"

Gary Matilda reluctantly sent Fan Boming and others out of the company.

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"President, the delegation of Tiangong Technology Company left Switzerland this afternoon and went to other European countries!" The secretary hurried to the president's office and reported to Gary Matilda.

Gary Matilda was taken aback when he heard the words, a little surprised by Tiangong Technology's actions.

"Could it be said that Tiangong Technology's target is not only the Volvo Group, but also other European auto groups?" Gary Matilda panicked when he thought of this.

To be honest, the Volvo Group is now facing an economic crisis, and the Volvo Group really wants to rely on the sale of the Volvo car business to get out of the quagmire and revitalize the entire group.If Tiangong Technology does not acquire Volvo Cars, but turns around to acquire other car companies, what should Volvo Group do?
At this moment, Tiangong Technology is not panicking at all, but the Volvo Group has been losing money. The longer it drags on, the worse it will be for the Volvo Group.

"Hurry up and send someone to investigate the whereabouts and purpose of the Tiangong Technology group!!!" Gary Matilda shouted.

"Okay, President!" The secretary nodded heavily.

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The Volvo Group is also a relatively powerful enterprise in Europe. It is not difficult to investigate the whereabouts of Tiangong Technology and his party.

Less than a week.

The secretary came to Gary Matilda's office, took out a document, and reported: "President, after our investigation, Tiangong Technology and his team are now actively contacting other European auto companies to negotiate acquisitions."

The secretary hesitated for a moment, and said: "President, Tiangong Technology's move may not be ruled out to be deliberately shown to our Volvo Group. Its purpose is to make us mess up and sell the company at a low price..."

Gary Matilda nodded and said: "Your analysis is very reasonable, but it does not rule out that Tiangong Technology does have the idea of ​​acquiring other European automobile groups. After all, Tiangong Technology's parent company Wujiang Group is very rich. It is not difficult for them to acquire several car companies.”

After a pause, Gary Matilda sighed, "Once Tiangong Technology acquires other auto groups, the importance of the Volvo Group will be greatly reduced, and it will be difficult to sell at a high price at that time... "

"You continue to send people to monitor the actions of Tiangong Technology and his party," Gary Matilda told the secretary.

"Yes!" The secretary nodded.

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At this time, many automobile companies in Europe were facing bankruptcy, and they were ecstatic after learning about the intention of Tiangong Technology.

Tiangong Technology: Are you willing to sell?

Car company: I do! ! !

The Lamborghini company was betrayed several times, but they were not taken seriously. The sales of cars were sluggish, and it was on the verge of bankruptcy.

When Tiangong Technology proposed to acquire Lamborghini, Lamborghini was abandoned by its parent company...

Fan Boming's trip went smoothly, and it was settled after three rounds of talks with Lamborghini Sports Car Company and its parent company Chrysler.

The concubine's love and concubine's love hit it off.

In the end, Tiangong Technology acquired Lamborghini for US$1.5 million.

Although Lamborghini is well-known in the sports car market, it is small in scale and cannot sell many cars a year. Italy and even the European Union will not obstruct Tiangong Technology's acquisition because of this company.

However, when the news came out, it still caused surprise in the industry, and the president of Volvo Group, Gary Matilda, was even more nervous. The thing he was most worried about finally happened...

Tiangong technology company does not play fiction, it is real.

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As soon as Fan Boming completed the acquisition of Lamborghini, he went to the UK without stopping.

After arriving in the UK, he immediately launched an acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motor Company.

Rolls-Royce Motor Company is also on the verge of bankruptcy, and the glory of the flying goddess is no longer.

At this time, Rolls-Royce Motor Company was still a state-owned enterprise, and the British authorities immediately discussed the matter.

Relevant person in charge: "Rolls-Royce Motor Company has been losing money year after year and has become a burden for the government. Since Tiangong Technology wants to acquire it, it is better to sell it to the other party!"

"Moreover, our country is implementing a privatization policy, which can be regarded as a response policy..."

As soon as the words fell, many people spoke in agreement.

"I agree!"

"I agree too!"

In recent years, the British government has been in deficit for years and cannot make ends meet. It must speed up the privatization of enterprises and sell companies with serious losses.

Rolls-Royce is the most famous luxury car in the UK and even in the world.

However, its scale is small, and its market value is only a few hundred million dollars.

Wujiang Group has considerable influence in the United Kingdom, and has a pivotal position in telecommunications, retail, Internet and other industries.

Selling Rolls-Royce to the other party is not a big deal.

In fact, when Fan Boming contacted British officials, he bluntly stated that Wujiang Group will increase its investment in the UK in the future, such as investing in hydropower, transportation, and real estate...

Upon hearing this, the British officials were very happy, making the resistance of Tiangong Technology to acquire Rolls-Royce almost negligible.

Therefore, Tiangong Technology's plan to acquire Rolls-Royce Motor Cars went smoothly, and the acquisition was finally completed for US$7.5 million.

Rolls-Royce Motor Company has two car brands: Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and Bentley Motor Cars, both of which are world-renowned luxury top car brands.

Different from the acquisition of Lamborghini, Tiangong Technology's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motors caused a great sensation in Europe.

European media have reported on this one after another.

There are also heated discussions on the Internet.

"Rolls-Royce Motors was acquired by Tiangong Technology, a subsidiary of Wujiang Group. In my opinion, this is the most appropriate. We all know that Wujiang Group has strong financial resources and world-leading technological strength. It is the most innovative company in the world! With Rolls-Royce in its hands, it will definitely grow and recast its glory!" said a British netizen.

"I am also very optimistic about this acquisition, and I look forward to Rolls-Royce Motor Cars launching a new hot model!!!"

"..."

Chinese mainland.

Numerous media rushed to report on Tiangong Technology's acquisition of Rolls-Royce Motor Company, and told everyone what a top-notch luxury car Rolls-Royce Motor Co. is.

The big guy's car "Tiger Head Ben" is not enough to look even in front of Rolls-Royce.

It was reported by the media.

The domestic people are shocked! ! !
I never expected that Tiangong Technology Co., Ltd. is so powerful. It has acquired a company that is even more powerful than Mercedes-Benz. I can't help feeling proud and proud!

"Tiangong Science and Technology Company is really elated, and it has brought glory to our people! Look, even the top luxury cars in the UK have been included in the bag!!! A hundred years ago, the British bullied us, and now our country has become stronger. You have to bully me and buy all the good things in Britain!!!”

"Hahahaha, I'm really happy to see that the Queen's car will be made in China in the future!"

"..."

As far as Tiangong Technology Company has acquired Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce one after another, the next step is to introduce the other party's advanced car-making technology to improve the car-making level of Tiangong Technology Company.

However, Zhao Ye was still not satisfied, and wanted to win more European car companies.

However, Zhao Ye changed his thinking when he thought that Tiangong Technology had suffered a setback in the Volvo Group's acquisition, and that the European Union might not agree to sell a large car company to Tiangong Technology.

Obtain shares and technologies of automobile companies through investment + sales channels + orders + publicity resources, etc.

In this way, the goal can be achieved relatively easily.

The correct development route of Tiangong Technology should be: introduce technology, improve its own car manufacturing level, and then launch its own brand!
Instead of trying to spend a high price to acquire an automobile group.

Not to mention the high risk and thankless effort, it may even end up being a waste of time and energy due to political factors, leading to a waste of time and energy, and delaying one's own development.

So Zhao Ye changed his mind and set his sights on Mercedes-Benz, which has stronger technical strength.

After Fan Boming left the UK, he went to Germany and came to Stuttgart, the headquarters of Mercedes-Benz.

At this time, Mercedes-Benz was called Daimler, and it had not yet merged with Chrysler of the United States. Its market value was as high as more than 300 billion U.S. dollars, and it was the number one car company in Germany.

Daimler's executives and shareholders are well aware of the purpose of Tiangong Technology, and it is absolutely impossible for the other party to acquire it.

conference room.

Fan Boming and his group sat opposite the executives of Daimler.

The president of Daimler, Brent Charles, was the first to speak: "Mr. Fan, congratulations to your company for acquiring Lamborghini and Rolls-Royce, but Daimler, as Germany's number one automobile company, will not accept takeover, and neither Germany nor the EU will approve the takeover!"

This is said very frankly and sincerely, and it is also true.

Fan Boming smiled and nodded slightly, expressing his agreement and understanding of Lunt Charles' words.

But he did not come to Daimler this time to acquire the other party.

Fan Boming shook his head and smiled, "Mr. Charles, I think you may have misunderstood. Tiangong Technology does not intend to acquire Daimler."

"Oh? Then what's the purpose of your visit?" Lent Charles wondered.

Fan Boming said: "Our company is optimistic about Daimler AG and wants to take a stake in Daimler AG, and... also has some commercial cooperation, such as the introduction of technology, joint venture factories in mainland China, and huge orders!"

"I won't talk much about the introduction of technology. Our company hopes to acquire some advanced car-making technology after becoming a shareholder of Daimler."

"I will mainly introduce to you about the establishment of joint venture factories and huge orders in mainland China."

"As we all know, China has a huge demographic dividend. If the factory is built in mainland China, it can save a lot of manufacturing costs. Our company hopes that both parties will invest 50 billion US dollars to build a large car that can produce Mercedes-Benz, trucks and buses in mainland China. manufacturing plant."

"We can provide funds, sales channels, publicity resources, be responsible for operations, etc..."

"You only need to provide part of the capital and technology."

"Once the cooperation is reached, Wujiang Group will place an order for this joint venture factory, with a total amount of no less than US$50 billion!"

Wujiang Group will purchase a large number of Mercedes-Benz cars as a means of transportation for corporate executives, and can also reward excellent employees with Mercedes-Benz cars.

Purchasing a batch of passenger cars can also provide convenient transportation for ordinary employees, making it more convenient for them to commute to and from get off work.

Huolala Logistics, a subsidiary of Wujiang Group, will also purchase a large number of Mercedes-Benz trucks for long-distance transportation.Wanjiang Real Estate also needs a large number of trucks for the transportation of construction materials.

The size of Wujiang Group is too large, there are many subsidiaries, and the order of 50 billion US dollars is easy to solve.

For this joint venture factory, Tiangong Technology Company must take the lead.

At this time, after listening to Fan Boming's words, the executives of Daimler AG showed surprise on their faces, and their hearts were quite moved.

Brent Charles tentatively asked: "Tiangong Technology Co., Ltd. has invested in Daimler AG. How many shares do you want?"

Fan Boming said: "Wujiang Group, the parent company of Tiangong Technology, can provide great help to Daimler AG, so our requirement is to become a major shareholder of Daimler AG. What's the point?"

The shareholding structure of Daimler AG is relatively dispersed. Institutional investors (banks, insurance companies, investment trust companies) hold 68.8% of Daimler AG's shares, private investors hold 20.5% of the shares, and Kuwait Investment Group holds 7.6% of the shares. % of the shares, Renault and Nissan each hold 1.54% of the shares.

Brent Charles thought for a moment, nodded, and said it was okay.

As a subsidiary of Wujiang Group, Tiangong Technology is indeed qualified to become a major shareholder of Daimler AG. Wujiang Group can provide great help to Daimler AG. It is expected that other shareholders will also welcome Wujiang Group to join.

"How many shares?" Brent Charles signaled Fan Boming to continue.

Fan Boming said: "30% of the shares!"

Brent Charles and other executives looked at each other, secretly cursing Tiangong Technology's appetite for a 30% stake. In Daimler, which has a relatively dispersed shareholding, they can basically control Daimler. .

"Mr. Fan, you have asked for too many shares. I'm afraid we won't be able to satisfy them!" Brent Charles said with a frown.

Fan Boming smiled and said: "As long as there are enough interests, I think everything is possible! You must know that the more shares Tiangong Technology takes, the more we will work harder to help Daimler develop the market! In the Internet field , Wujiang Group has a dominant position; in the traditional media field, the rising giant media——Oriental Media, stands in the world. It owns Eastern News Agency, many well-known newspapers, magazines, and multiple TV stations. Its publicity resources are unparalleled; At the same time, Wujiang Group is also a global game giant and has begun to make efforts in the field of movies. These resources are of great significance to Mercedes-Benz.”

"The question is, can other shareholders of Daimler AG help it as much as we do?"

"So, our request for a 30% stake is not excessive at all."

“Because we are worth the price!!!”

"If Daimler wants to develop into the world's largest automobile company, it cannot do without the help of Wujiang Group!!!"

"Mr. Fan, maybe what you said makes sense, so let's put this issue aside for now. Let's talk about the establishment of a joint venture factory in mainland China first. How much share does your company want to take in this joint venture factory?" Bren Ter Charles said.

"Tiangong Technology will account for 60% of the joint venture factory!" Fan Boming said firmly, not open to comment.

The joint venture factory is mainly for the domestic market. Wujiang Group is not only a local snake, but also a big customer, so it should take more shares!
Brent Charles hesitated for a while, but considering the order of at least 50 billion US dollars and the influence of Wujiang Group in China, it is reasonable for Tiangong Technology to take 60% of the shares.

"That's no problem, we can agree!" Brent Charles nodded, "We'll talk about the details later. The biggest point of contention now is that your company wants to hold 30% of Daimler's shares, I will convene a board meeting to discuss the matter with representatives of major shareholders, and then I will inform you about Daimler's decision!"

"Okay, Mr. Charles, then I will wait for your good news."

Fan Boming and his team immediately took leave and left Daimler.

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The next day, Daimler AG held a board meeting and had a heated discussion on Tiangong Technology's shareholding.

In a short period of time, things are difficult to decide.

On the one hand, he was worried about selling too many shares, and on the other hand, he didn't want to lose the big backer and big customer of Wujiang Group.

However, at this time, Tiangong Technology's motorcycles have officially landed in the European market.

European agents all attached great importance to this cooperation, and spared no effort to promote Tiangong Technology's motorcycles.

At the same time, Wujiang Group has also used Internet resources to vigorously promote the motorcycles of Tiangong Technology. Various cool pictures and advertising videos have appeared on the Internet. Explosive Tiangong technology motorcycle.

Coupled with the fact that Wujiang Group has millions of fans in Europe, when they learned that the "Red Rabbit Horse Motorcycle", "Wuzhima Motorcycle" and "War Horse Motorcycle" are all products of Wujiang Group, they rushed to snap up.

Speaking of which, after ten years of development of Wujiang Group, the loyalty and combat effectiveness of fans have exploded, far surpassing that of Apple fans.

The motorcycle became popular in Europe on the first day it was launched.

In the next few days, the sales volume was still astonishing. "War Horse Motorcycle", "Red Rabbit Horse Motorcycle" and "Wuzhima Motorcycle" became popular in Europe, winning the top three motorcycle sales in Europe.

The fire of Tiangong technology motorcycle caused a sensation in Daimler.

This allowed them to see the unparalleled influence of Wujiang Group!

Right now, Daimler is not without competitors, such as BMW and Volkswagen are strong rivals of Daimler.

If Daimler fails to reach a cooperation with Tiangong Technology, then Tiangong Technology may turn around to cooperate with BMW and Volkswagen, and the consequences will undoubtedly be disastrous.

At this time, Fan Boming and others did have plans to contact BMW and Volkswagen.

Daimler is the first choice. If a cooperation cannot be reached, the next best thing is to go to BMW and Volkswagen for a try.

In fact, at this time, seeing the explosion of Tiangong technology motorcycles in Europe, BMW and Volkswagen are also in a hurry.

All car companies know the purpose of Tiangong Technology coming to Europe.

The news that Fan Boming and his party went to Daimler to negotiate was clearly inquired by BMW and Volkswagen.

Not to mention anything else, just the Wujiang Group's order of 50 billion US dollars to the joint venture factory has made many European automobile companies very excited.

However, they don't produce trucks and buses, so they can't get so many orders if they think about it, but they can order cars. Wujiang Group will distribute cars to company executives and give rewards to employees, at least tens of thousands of units. The resulting gimmick is bound to become a worldwide sensation, increasing the value of the car brand.

You see, even the most powerful companies in the world use this kind of car for their executives, which means that this kind of car is high-end and elegant, and it is the only choice for successful companies.

From now on, is this car still afraid of not selling?

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At this time, BMW, Volkswagen and other car companies sent people to contact Fan Boming and his team.

Its purpose is to replace Daimler and reach a cooperation with Tiangong Technology.

After hearing the news, the major shareholders of Daimler were in a hurry!

If BMW, Volkswagen and Tiangong Technology reach a cooperation, Daimler will be miserable.

Switzerland.

Shareholders of the Volvo Group are bewildered.

It was agreed that he would come to buy us, but now he seems to have forgotten about us.

Look down on us? ? ?

Shall we be ashamed?

Gary Matilda, President of Volvo Group, watched Tiangong Technology stir up the situation in the European auto industry at this time, and was speechless for a while: "Well, as I thought before, after Tiangong Technology has reached cooperation with other car companies, our Volvo will Lost value..."

Volvo Cars was beaten by Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Volkswagen in Europe.

Trucks and buses are no match for Mercedes.

Tiangong Technology will of course choose to cooperate with the strong.

Once Tiangong Technology Co., Ltd. and Daimler AG reach a cooperation, the market share of Volvo Group's trucks and buses may plummet.

Gary Matilda was frowning, standing in front of the office window and looking into the distance, full of worries about the future of the Volvo Group.

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(End of this chapter)