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 just hang around elegantly, and many of them take advantage of the openness of the golf course to discuss some business.
And at Li Weidong's level of businessmen, they no longer need to surround Fengya, and there are not many businesses that really need Li Weidong to negotiate.
A large business empire is really like a miniature version of a country, and the decision-maker of the business empire is like the head of state. When did you see the head of state go off in person and go to negotiate a trade agreement with the head of state of the other party?
It must have been negotiated by the 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 companies. The main responsibility of the boss is to be responsible for decision-making, and then to look at the results. For specific implementation, just hand it over to his subordinates.
So at the busiest time for the migrant workers, Li Weidong was leisurely leaning on the boss's chair, blowing on the air conditioner, drinking red wine, holding a mouse, and gossiping on Yahoo forums.
At this time, Reddit hadn't become popular yet, and the Yahoo forum was considered a relatively lively forum abroad. It's just that the Yahoo forum at this time has been massacred by Indian netizens.
Although there are no Internet giants in India, there are still quite a few netizens who know how to surf the Internet due to the relationship between providing software services to European and American countries. Indians are in the majority on Reddit, Quora and other well-known foreign English websites in later generations.
This is normal when you think about it carefully. 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 Corporation's acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover came out, the Yahoo forums have been full of self-satisfied voices from Indian netizens.
The self-promotion of Indian netizens is definitely more joyful than funny variety shows, and the Spring Festival Gala sketches are not as interesting as the self-promotion of Indian netizens. Except for Mr. Guo's cross talk, I count on Indian netizens to be happy!
Although Jaguar Land Rover has not been bought yet, according to Indian netizens, India seems to have become the world's largest automobile manufacturing power, and Germany, Japan, and the United States are all worth mentioning.
It's typical Indian character, I just have an idea and start celebrating success!
Then this kind of self-promotion can be extended, and finally converged into one sentence: Nambo Bay, India!
India is not what it used to be,
We have strong economic strength and can acquire the world's top luxury brands like Jaguar Land Rover. India is a superpower!
In the American forums, people dare to say that they are superpowers, but Indians really don't know how much they have! Li Weidong instinctively moved the mouse, wanting to read the reply later.
Unsurprisingly, American netizens did not get used to Indian netizens, and someone immediately mocked in the reply: You India is a superpower, why are there still hundreds of millions of people without toilets?
The toilet is definitely a big pain point for Indians. When it comes to the lack of toilets, Indians are probably in a hurry with you.
Immediately afterwards, some Indian netizens replied: This is all because the United Kingdom has plundered India's wealth of 45 trillion US dollars!
The British are also unlucky. They have been away for 60 years, and they still have to take the blame! Li Weidong smiled contemptuously.
When it comes to India's poverty and backwardness, there are several big blamers immediately. The first is that the United Kingdom took 45 trillion, and the second is the incompetence of the Nehru-Gandhi family.
Later, after the People's Party came to power, the National Congress Party became the new backer. Anyway, no matter what is wrong with India, it is right to scold the Congress Party, everything is the mess left by the Congress Party.
Li Weidong opened a new post,
The title is Jaguar vs Ferrari.
In terms of speed, Ferrari gets one point; in terms of space, Jaguar gets one point; in terms of price, Jaguar gets one point. In summary, Jaguar beats Ferrari two to one, and Jaguar is better than Ferrari! This is really a genius of logic! Li Weidong couldn't help laughing There was a sound.
Although Papa Ma is richer than me, I am younger and taller than Papa Ma, so two to one, I beat Papa Ma? Ah Q is not as bombastic as you!
Li Weidong flipped through the online posts with great interest, when the phone on the desk rang suddenly.
Chairman, attorney Williams from the United States has called, do you want to come closer?
Come in! Li Weidong said.
Lawyer Williams was the lawyer hired by Li Weidong to negotiate with Ford.
After the call was connected, Lawyer Williams said, Mr. Li, I'm very sorry to bother you so late.
It's okay, it's daytime here. Li Weidong said.
About the progress of the negotiations with Ford, I would like to report to you. Lawyer Williams went straight to the point, probably because a lawyer's time is more valuable, and if there are too many pleasantries, he will feel that he is losing money.
I only heard him go on to say: At present, our negotiations are relatively smooth, and the details of the transaction have been discussed, and the next step is mainly the issue of 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 technical service company. Their boss is named David - Richards, is 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, so he opened the search engine and started searching for this company.
This company also has business in China, and entered the domestic market after the F1 China station started.
This prodrive company is not ordinary. Although the vehicle technology service company sounds like a car wash, in fact this company has mastered many advanced vehicle technologies, many of which are core technologies such as engines and gearboxes. It can help auto 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 directly imported from abroad, after they are finally installed on the car, the tuning results will be somewhat unsatisfactory. At this time, such technical service companies are 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 who this company is.
So it's them! Li Weidong breathed a sigh of relief, and then said, Lawyer Williams, you don't need to care about ProDrive. Their real goal should not be Jaguar Land Rover, but Aston Martin!
Aston Martin was acquired by Ford in 1987. In 1994, Ford completed a 100% holding of Aston Martin. Then Ford created the Three Masters of British Luxury Cars. In terms of high-performance sports cars, there are Ston Martin has Jaguar for passenger cars and Land Rover for SUVs.
The British prodrive company is the next buyer of Aston Martin.
Although Aston Martin is a luxury sports car brand with the addition of 007, the actual situation is that it has been losing money year after year. The price of this brand is already high, and the brand awareness is relatively small, and not many people know it.
Especially many young ladies don’t know this brand, and those who don’t know think it is Mondeo. As a sports car, it can only be compared to those who know how to do it, but the effect of picking up girls is greatly reduced, and the sales volume is naturally not good.
During the subprime mortgage crisis, Aston Martin, which has been losing money for years, is naturally also in Ford's slimming plan. In the end, Ford sold Aston Martin to prodrive for $925 million.
The prodrive company provides racing technology services, and Aston Martin sold them to them. On the contrary, the performance level has been further improved, 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, and they probably have little 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 Tata Corporation of India. Indians are very interested in British brands, so they are very sincere in the acquisition, and according to information disclosed by Ford, Tata Corporation The company's quotation is higher than ours.
At present, we have talked about the price of 1.7 billion US dollars. According to our evaluation, this is a relatively reasonable figure, and neither party will suffer. However, according to information disclosed by Ford, Tata's quotation 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 let us follow suit! Li Weidong smiled slightly: I browsed some websites recently and found that Indians are very vocal about acquiring Jaguar Land Rover, and they are almost determined to win!
Yes, I have also noticed the relevant information. This is very unfavorable to our negotiations. The more determined Tata is, the more it will increase its offer. And if we continue to follow up, the final price will become more and more hyped. High! Attorney Williams said.
This is really a problem! After pondering for a moment, Li Weidong ordered: Well, after a while, I will go to the United States. Maybe I can get Ford to lower the price.
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Ratan Tata, head of Tata Corporation, is also being briefed on the acquisition of Jaguar Land Rover in Mumbai, India.
Mr. Tata, although our quotation is higher than that of the Chinese, Ford is not in a hurry to agree to our quotation. Their reply is that they will wait for the quotation from the Chinese before giving us an answer!
Greedy Americans, they just want us to bid against each other! Ratan Tata snorted coldly, and then said: Jaguar Land Rover, Tata is determined to win, and Ford can't be led by the nose! Tell Ford, let’s increase the price to 2 billion dollars! You might as well tell the Chinese about this. The price of 2 billion is enough to scare the Chinese away!”
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Ford headquarters.
Bill Ford poured half a glass of whiskey and looked out the window triumphantly.
Tata's offer of US$2 billion has already met Ford's highest expectations.
Selling Jaguar Land Rover earned 2 billion US dollars, plus Jaguar Land Rover's 1.5 billion loss this year, and here and there made a profit of 3.5 billion US dollars.
With these 3.5 billion US dollars, 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 U.S. dollars is about the same. The Chinese's previous offer was only up to 1.7 billion U.S. dollars. They should have given less than two billion U.S. dollars. It seems that I am ready to sign a contract with the Indians.
Bill Ford was thinking about it when the phone rang. Bill Ford walked over and pressed the speakerphone.
Sir, Mr. Li from China wants to meet with you, and his assistant has sent an appointment.
The offer of two billion US dollars has been passed on to the Chinese, and it seems that they can't sit still! Bill Ford said after pondering for a moment; Reject it for me and tell the Chinese that in the past three months, my itinerary It's 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 get, deliberately not meeting with Li Weidong, just hoping to get more bargaining 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 triumphantly, and then said; Then arrange a time for Mr. Li!
Bill Ford knew very well that since Li Weidong used surprise this time, he must have come prepared, at least he would bring an offer not inferior to Tata Corporation.
Therefore, Bill Ford is very happy to meet with Li Weidong. If Li Weidong really brings a higher quotation, he can use this to ask Tata to continue to raise prices. Ford will definitely benefit in the end.
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Li Weidong came to Bill Ford's office again.
After the guest and host were seated, the two greeted each other a few words before getting to the point.
Mr. Li, the purpose of your visit this time is to acquire Jaguar Land Rover, right? Bill Ford went on to say, We have already discussed the details of the transaction, 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, but another buyer has quoted a price of US$2 billion. In business, others bid higher. I don’t have any Reasons to sell Jaguar Land Rover to you.
This is also the purpose of my coming. Li Weidong continued: I personally also think that the price of 1.7 billion US dollars is not suitable, so I plan to offer 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 said something wrong. After all, the other party is Chinese, and it is possible to say something wrong with poor English.
Mr. Ford, it shouldn't be difficult to distinguish between 1 and 2 in English! Li Weidong continued, I'm talking about 1.5 billion dollars!
In English, the level of one billion is expressed by , uu reading one billion is , two billion is , one and two, even beginners in English can't make a mistake.
Hearing what Li Weidong said, Bill Ford's face darkened. It's fine if you don't increase the price, but you have reduced the price by 200 million US dollars. Are you kidding me!
However, Li Weidong continued: In addition to the 1.5 billion US dollars, I will also present a surprise. As for the price of this surprise, Mr. Ford can estimate whether it is worth 500 million US dollars!
As Li Weidong said, he took out an English document from his bag and handed it to Bill Ford.
Bill Ford took the file, looked at the title, frowned slightly, and immediately began to browse the contents.
This is an investigation report, but many key texts in the report have been blacked out, and the content cannot be seen.
But even though he could only see some non-critical content, Bill Ford's face still changed drastically.
A horrified expression appeared on Bill Ford's face, and the master negotiator could no longer maintain a calm expression.
Mr. Li, is the content of this report true? Bill Ford asked with a look of horror.
Li Weidong nodded calmly, and then said: Mr. Ford, this is a nuclear bomb for car companies all over the world! How much do you think this nuclear bomb is worth?
Beads of sweat formed on Bill Ford's head.
What a surprise, what a shock!
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