Chapter 700 Surprise or fright
The daily life of the big boss is not so busy.
Many rich people like to play golf, but most of them are just surrounded by elegance, and many of them take advantage of the openness of golf courses to talk about business.
At the level of Li Weidong's industrialists, he no longer needs to be surrounded by elegant, and there are not many businesses that really need Li Weidong to talk about.
A large business empire is really like a miniature version of a country, and the decision makers of a business empire are like the head of state. When did you see the head of state come out in person and go to talk to the other head of state to negotiate a trade agreement?
It must have been negotiated by his subordinates, and then the head of state attended a signing ceremony together. If there is no substantial progress, it is estimated that the heads of state will not meet each other.
The same is true for large enterprises. The main responsibility of the BOSS is to be responsible for decision-making, and then to see the results.
So at the busiest moment for the migrant workers, Li Weidong was leisurely leaning on the boss chair, blowing the air conditioner, drinking red wine, holding the mouse in his hand, and gossiping on the Yahoo forum.
At this time, Reddit has not yet become popular, and Yahoo Forum is a relatively lively forum abroad. It's just that the Yahoo forum at this time has been slaughtered by Indian netizens.
Although India does not have any Internet giant companies, there are still many netizens who know how to surf the Internet due to the relationship of providing software services to European and American countries. In later generations, on the well-known English-language websites such as Reddit and Quora, Indians are the majority.
If you think about it carefully, this is normal. India has a large population, and there are no good websites in the country. Coupled with the knowledge of English, it is natural to go to foreign English websites.
Since the news of Tata's acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover came out, the Yahoo forum has been filled with the voices of Indian netizens.
Indian netizens' self-heart is definitely more joyful than funny variety shows. The Spring Festival Gala sketches are not as interesting as Indian netizens' self-heart. In addition to Mr. Guo's cross talk, I expect Indian netizens to live happily!
Although Jaguar Land Rover has not been purchased yet, in the mouths of Indian netizens, India seems to have become the world's largest automobile manufacturing power, and Germany, Japan, and the United States are not worth mentioning.
This is typical Indian character, I just had an idea and started celebrating success!
Then this kind of self-healing can be extended further, and finally converge into one sentence: India's Nanbo Bay!
India is no longer the India of the past. We have strong economic strength and can acquire the world's top luxury brand like Jaguar Land Rover. India is a superpower!
You dare to say that you are a superpower on American forums, but Indians really don't know how much they weigh! Li Weidong instinctively moved the mouse, wanting to see the reply.
Sure enough, American netizens are not used to Indian netizens, and someone immediately ridiculed them in the reply: You are a superpower in India, why are there still hundreds of millions of people without toilets?
The toilet is definitely a major pain point for Indians. When it comes to the lack of toilets, 80% of Indians will be worried about you.
So an Indian netizen immediately replied: This is all because the UK has plundered India's 45 trillion US dollars of wealth!
The British are also unlucky. They have been gone for 60 years, and they still have to bear the blame! Li Weidong smiled contemptuously.
As long as India is poor and backward, there are several big culprits immediately. The first is that the United Kingdom took away 45 trillion, and the second is the incompetence of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Later, after the People's Party came to power, the Congress Party became the new culprit. Anyway, no matter what goes wrong in India, it is right to scold the Congress Party, everything is a mess left by the Congress Party.
Li Weidong opened a new post again,
The headline is Jaguar vs Ferrari.
In terms of speed, Ferrari gets one point; Jaguar gets one point for space; Jaguar gets one point for price. In conclusion, Jaguar wins Ferrari two to one, Jaguar is better than Ferrari! This is really a logical genius! Li Weidong couldn't help laughing out.
Although Daddy Ma is richer than me, I am younger and taller than Daddy Ma, so two to one, I beat Daddy Ma? Ah Q is not as Q bomb as you are!
Li Weidong flipped through the online posts with interest, and the phone on the table suddenly rang.
Chairman, lawyer Williams in the United States called, do you want to come?
Come in! Li Weidong said.
Williams lawyer is the lawyer Li Weidong hired to be responsible for negotiating with Ford.
After the call was connected, lawyer Williams said, Mr. Li, I'm very sorry to bother you so late.
It doesn't matter, it's daytime here. Li Weidong said.
I want to report to you about the progress of the negotiation with Ford. Attorney Williams went straight to the topic, probably because the lawyer's time is more valuable, and if you talk too much, you will feel that you are losing money.
He just listened to him and continued: At present, our negotiation is relatively smooth, the details of the transaction have been discussed, and the main issue is the transaction price.
But we still have two competitors, one is Prodrive in the UK, they are the world's largest independent racing and vehicle technology services company. Their boss was named David Richards, a Scotsman.
Doing vehicle technical services? I seem to have some impressions of this company. Li Weidong happened to be sitting next to the computer, and he opened the search engine and began to search for this company.
The company also has operations in China and entered the domestic market after the start of F1 China.
This Prodrive company is not ordinary. Although the vehicle technology service company sounds like a car wash, in fact, this company has mastered a lot of advanced vehicle technologies, many of which are core technologies such as engines and gearboxes. It can help car companies to improve and upgrade.
Domestic car companies have always been weak in terms of engines and gearboxes. Even if the engines and gearboxes are imported directly from abroad, after they are finally installed on the car, the adjustment results will be somewhat unsatisfactory. At this time, this kind of technical service company is needed to provide technical support so that the car can be better tuned.
Li Weidong searched the information of Prodrive company, looked at their business in China, and finally remembered how sacred this company is.
It turned out to be them! Li Weidong let out a long breath, and then said, Lawyer Williams, you don't need to care about Prodrive, their real purpose should not be Jaguar Land Rover, but Aston Martin!
Aston Martin was acquired by Ford in 1987. In 1994, Ford completed its 100% shareholding in Aston Martin. Subsequently, Ford established a Three Heroes of British Luxury Cars. In terms of high-performance sports cars, there is a Ston Martin, Jaguar for passenger sedans and Land Rover for SUVs.
UK-based Prodrive is the next buyer of Aston Martin.
Although Aston Martin is a luxury sports car brand and has the bonus of 007, the actual situation is that it has been losing money year after year.
In particular, many young ladies don't know this brand, and those who don't know it think it's Mondeo. As a sports car, it can only be dressed up and compared with people who know it. The effect of picking girls is greatly reduced, and sales are naturally not good.
During the subprime mortgage crisis, Aston Martin, which has been losing money for years, is naturally in Ford's slimming plan. In the end, Ford sold Aston Martin to Prodrive for $925 million.
Prodrive is a technical service for racing cars, and Aston Martin sold them to them. On the contrary, there has been a further improvement in performance, especially in terms of power, which is really strong. But in terms of losses, Aston Martin still hasn't improved at all.
Prodrive is a performance car company. They should not have much interest in Jaguar Land Rover. In addition, Li Weidong knew that Aston Martin was eventually sold to Prodrive, so Li Weidong concluded that the real purpose of Prodrive was not Jaguar Land Rover.
Lawyer Williams went on to report: The second competitor is India's Tata. Indians are very interested in British brands, so they are very sincere in acquiring, and according to Ford's information, Tata The company's offer is higher than ours.
At present, we have talked about the price of 1.7 billion US dollars. According to our assessment, this is a relatively reasonable figure, and neither side suffers. But according to the information disclosed by Ford, Tata's offer is 1.8 billion US dollars. Of course, this price is not inflated, it is still within a reasonable range.
Ford deliberately disclosed Tata's offer to make us follow suit! Li Weidong smiled slightly: I recently browsed some websites and found that Indians are very vocal about the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover, and they are almost determined to win!
Yes, I have also noticed the relevant information, which is very bad for our negotiations. The more Tata is determined to win, the more bids it will raise. And if we continue to follow up, then the final price will be more and more hyped. High! said Williams' lawyer.
This is really a problem! Li Weidong said after pondering for a while, Well, after a while, I will go to the United States, maybe I can get Ford to reduce the price.
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In Mumbai, India, Ratan Tata, the head of Tata, is also being briefed on the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover.
Mr. Tata, although our quotation is higher than that of the Chinese, Ford did not rush to agree to our quotation. Their reply was to wait for the Chinese quotation before replying to us!
Greed Americans, they just want us to bid against each other! Ratan-Tata snorted coldly, and continued: Jaguar Land Rover, Tata is determined to win, and Ford cannot be led by the nose! Tell me! Ford, we will directly increase the price to 2 billion US dollars! You might as well disclose this news to the Chinese. The price of 2 billion is enough to scare the Chinese away!
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Ford corporate headquarters.
Bill Ford poured half a glass of whiskey and looked out the window triumphantly.
Tata's $2 billion offer has already met Ford's highest expectations.
After selling Jaguar Land Rover, I got 2 billion US dollars, plus Jaguar Land Rover's loss of 1.5 billion this year, it made a profit of 3.5 billion US dollars.
With this $3.5 billion, Ford's financial report this year will definitely look much better, and it may be able to get rid of the hat of loss.
Two billion US dollars, it's almost the same. The Chinese people's previous offer was only up to 1.7 billion US dollars. They should give less than 2 billion US dollars. It seems that I am going to sign a contract with the Indians.
Bill Ford was thinking, when the phone rang, Bill Ford walked over and pressed the speakerphone directly.
Sir, Mr. Li from China wants to meet with you. His assistant has sent an appointment.
The $2 billion offer came to the Chinese, and it seems that they can't sit still! Bill Ford pondered for a moment, then said; Help me to resign and tell the Chinese, in the past three months, my schedule It's all full!
Bill Ford is a master negotiator, he knows how to use psychological warfare, so at this time, he adopted the tactic of playing hard to catch, deliberately not meeting Li Weidong, just hoping to get more chips.
After a while, the assistant called again: Mr. Ford, the Chinese said that he hopes to meet you as soon as possible, and he has a surprise for you!
Surprise? This aroused my curiosity! Bill Ford smiled proudly, and then said; Then arrange a time for Mr. Li!
Bill Ford is very clear that since Li Weidong has used the surprise this time, he must have come prepared, at least he will bring an offer that is not inferior to Tata.
Therefore, Bill Ford is very happy to meet with Li Weidong. If Li Weidong really brings a higher price, he can use it to ask Tata to continue to increase the price. In the end, Ford will definitely benefit.
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Li Weidong came to Bill Ford's office again.
After the guests and the host were seated, the two exchanged a few words with each other before entering the topic.
Mr. Li, the purpose of your visit this time is to acquire Jaguar Land Rover, right? Bill Ford continued: As for the details of the transaction, the two sides have already discussed almost the same, but on the price, the difference between us is still Relatively large.
Your current quotation is US$1.7 billion. I admit that this is a reasonable price. However, there are other buyers who have quoted a price of US$2 billion. In business, others have offered higher prices, but I have no idea. Reasons to sell Jaguar Land Rover to you.
This is also the purpose of my visit. Li Weidong continued: I personally feel that the price of 1.7 billion US dollars is not suitable, so I plan to spend 1.5 billion US dollars.
Bill Ford was stunned for a few seconds before he said, You mean $2.5 billion?
Bill Ford's first reaction was that Li Weidong made a mistake. After all, the other party is Chinese, and it is possible that he is not good at English.
Mr. Ford, the English of 1 and 2 should not be difficult to distinguish! Li Weidong continued: I'm talking about $1.5 billion!
In English, the billion level is expressed with , one billion is , two billion is , one and two, even beginners of English will not be mistaken.
Hearing what Li Weidong said, Bill Ford's face sank. You don't need to increase the price. Instead, you reduce it by 200 million US dollars. Are you kidding me?
However, Li Weidong went on to say: In addition to US$1.5 billion, I will also offer a surprise. As for the price of this surprise, Mr. Ford can estimate whether it is worth US$500 million!
Li Weidong said, took out an English document from his bag and handed it to Bill Ford.
Bill Ford took the document, looked at the title, frowned slightly, and immediately began to browse the contents.
This is an investigation report, but many key words in the report have been blacked out and the content cannot be seen.
But even if he could only see some non-critical content, Bill Ford's face changed drastically.
A horrified expression appeared on Bill Ford's face, and the master negotiator could no longer maintain his calm expression.
Mr. Li, is the content of this report true? Bill Ford asked with a look of astonishment.
Li Weidong nodded calmly, and then said, Mr. Ford, for car companies all over the world, this is a nuclear bomb! How much do you think this nuclear bomb is worth?
Bean-like beads of sweat appeared on Bill Ford's head.
What a surprise, it's just fright!
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