While Chen Geng was having a good time communicating with Professor Kane Lynch, AMC could no longer hold on, and the huge conference room was shrouded in ultra-low air pressure......

"Gentlemen, last month's sales results are out," said General Manager Tim Sloan, who reported to the board of directors on last month's operations and sales due to a variety of factors, "due to a variety of factors, the total sales volume of AMC's major brands, including the JEEP brand, was 1,997 units......"

Before Timsloan could finish speaking, the air pressure in the room dropped a little bit again?

The total sales volume is only 1,997 units, less than 2,000 units?

This is a new low compared to the previous month.

It's just that although the air pressure in the conference room is very low, it may have been numbed by the continuous bad news during this time, and the expressions of a group of directors have not changed - well, in fact, they are expressionless, even if the revenue brought by this sales data is so bad that even if it is not enough to pay wages to workers.

No one spoke, no one asked, not even a cough, the room was like a group of dead people, and even Tim Sloan continued to read with a blank face: "By the end of last month, more than 4,700 customers who had previously placed orders had cancelled their orders, and more than 20 dealers had withdrawn from the network, 8 of which went bankrupt because of the broken capital chain, and last month, the average cumulative working hours of workers were 26.5 hours......

Well, both sales volume and cumulative monthly working hours of workers have reached new lows, and only the number of dealers who have withdrawn from the network has reached a new high - this new high is better than not to set a new high.

So it's no wonder that the directors are expressionless: the company's situation is so bad that what can they say?

"A number of raw material suppliers, including U.S. Steel, have sent us an ultimatum asking us to settle the balance of the previous raw materials before we can supply them, and the bank has already filed a request for property preservation with the court, so ......" Speaking of this, Timsloan put down the document in his hand: "Gentlemen, I would like to remind you that AMC is only one step away from death. ”

Needless to say, the directors also know that AMC is only one step away from death, and even this is a good sound, AMC's current situation is that one foot has stepped out of the cliff, and the other foot has also padded its heel, and the next second you can say "game over" with the world.

In this case, the media is optimistic about whether AMC can turn the situation around, and in the words of the media, the workers who "pinch the company's neck and shake it with the strength to eat milk" are also not calm, as long as they are not fools, they understand a truth: Only when the company's products are sold, can they have the money to pay their own wages, and the products cannot be sold? Even if you chop off the head of the company's leader, you will not be able to spray green dollar bills in your neck.

But for the shareholders, such a long period of suffering has already made them mentally prepared for this situation, in the face of Tim Sloan's report, not a single shareholder expressed anger and dissatisfaction with the entire operation and management team, but after a full two minutes, someone asked, "What did GM say over there?"

Faced with the predicament, AMC did not find a way to save itself, let alone hang himself from the tree of Fernandez, before that, AMC had contacted Ford Motor, General Motors and Chrysler Motors, hoping that someone would buy some of AMC's shares - in fact, it was a blood transfusion for AMC.

It's just a pity that if there was no Fernandez company, AMC might still be able to rely on the HMMV project to have some attraction, but in the case of the HMMV project being cut off by Fernandez company, coupled with this economic crisis that the ghost knows when it will end, Chrysler Motors, which has not yet eased its breath, was the first to say to AMC, "Lao Tzu has no money!"

Ford's economic situation is much better, but after some calculation, Henry Ford found that the acquisition of AMC did not bring much impetus to Ford, on the contrary, AMC's mess may trap Ford Motor, and said "NO!" to AMC.

After being rejected by Chrysler and Ford Motors, AMC put all its hopes on General Motors, hoping that General Motors would "pull the brothers".

"There is no news from GM for the time being," Tim Sloan's expression was a little gloomy: "But GM's friends told me not to get up too much hope, under this economic crisis, GM's financial situation is not very ideal, and the top management is considering adopting some policies to reduce foreign investment." ”

“......”

After a moment of silence, someone finally asked, "What about the French?"

"French Renault still insists on the previous conditions and refuses to budge," Timsloan said, "In addition, there are voices in Washington that they want AMC to give priority to cooperation with American companies under the same circumstances." ”

After these words came out, there was a long silence in the conference room again.

No one asks why, because American Motors Corporation is the only car company named after the United States, and the idea of some big people in Washington is actually very easy to understand, since you call it "American Motors Corporation", then even if the situation is very bad, if it is controlled by other companies, it should be controlled by American companies, a "American Motors" controlled by French companies Corporation", is it still qualified to call itself "American Motors Corporation"?

"So...... We can only accept Fernandez's terms?" someone whispered after a long time, with a thick reluctance in his tone.

Tim Sloan knew why this shareholder was unwilling, in fact, he was also a little unwilling, yes, compared to AMC, which has a long and glorious history, what did Fernandez count? What else did they have besides a few stinky money? More importantly, their boss was actually a Chinese, Chinese! But ......

Looking at this unwilling shareholder, Timmsloan said with a wry smile: "I understand you very well, but the question now is not whether we accept Fernandez's conditions, but whether Fernandez is willing to continue to acquire us." ”

"What do you mean by that, Tim Sloan?" the shareholder was stunned for a moment.

That's what I mean. ”

"You mean ......" After being stunned for a moment, the shareholder who asked the question suddenly broke out: "Damn Fernandez is going to regret it?!"

Not only did the shareholder erupt, but the other board members in the meeting room also erupted and began to lash out at Fernandez.

Speaking of which, a large part of the reason why these directors of AMC have been able to maintain this calm until now is that they think that Fernandez has guaranteed their bottom line: if they can't solve the trouble in the end, they will bring in Fernandez......

For a long time, AMC's directors and shareholders took it for granted that with AMC's status in the American auto industry, it was a big face to sell its shares to a company that had only been established for two years and the boss was still Chinese, and Fernandez could only be ecstatic and had no possibility of refusing.

If you make a description, AMC is like a noble nobleman who was once prominent in his ancestors, but now he is poor and only a down-and-out aristocrat who is in disrepair and can't afford to light lamp oil, although the poor have nothing but fame, and his pants have to be patched, but he still has to maintain the bearing of the aristocracy, and he looks down on the second son of the king who suddenly became rich in the village in the past two years: No matter how rich you are, can you compare with Lao Tzu?

Get lost!

It's just that the title of nobility can't be eaten as food after all, and seeing that he is about to starve to death, the old nobleman finally gritted his teeth, and planned to exchange his daughter for some food with the villainous Wang Ergouzi, who has always been looked down upon by his own family at the head of the village: Ergouzi, haven't you always wanted to mix into the upper class, and you will be a member of the upper class if you marry the eldest lady of our family......

Originally, I thought that Wang Ergouzi should be grateful to himself, but Lao Tzu gave you a chance to enter high society, so why don't you hurry up and take out half of your worth to thank me?

I didn't expect the villain's rich Wang Ergouzi to look down on his daughter, and said that it was okay to marry your daughter, but how much dowry do you have to take?!

How can this be true?!

The old aristocracy is going crazy!

Tim Sloan's face did not show any change in expression, and the repeater relayed Fernandez's attitude: "Fernandez said that because AMC's situation continues to deteriorate, not only does it not see the slightest sign of improvement, but also has not given a positive response to Fernandez's previous conditions, Fernandez believes that AMC seriously lacks sincerity in cooperation, so Fernandez needs to consider the cooperation carefully." ”

“......”

No one spoke, and there was a sad atmosphere in the conference room, AMC is also one of the four major automakers in the United States, and now it has fallen to the point that no one is willing to take over even if it wants to sell itself?

The door to the conference room was pushed open, and Timsloan's secretary, who was standing at the door, shouted in a panic, "Gentlemen, the workers are making trouble again. ”

What the?

Everyone just felt their scalps tingle: the damn workers are making trouble again?!

Timsloan stood up suddenly: "What are those damn workers going to do?!...... Why is there no sound?"

Why is it so quiet now that when the workers used to make trouble, they could be heard shouting slogans for miles away?

"Those workers...... During the hunger strike, "the secretary's expression became even more panicked: "They put up a sign that said, 'Work or starve,'......"

Also!

It's no wonder that the workers at AMC put up such slogans, but for them, the crisis has just begun: the company can't pay their salaries, what will they eat and drink, what will they eat and drink, what will they pay for their mortgages, what will they use to pay their credit cards, and what will they do about medical insurance and pension insurance?

But for AMC's shareholders, the news is simply the end of the day......