After going back, Xia Yu, who was in a good mood, and Elena played in London for a day, and did not go back until the evening.

On this day, Tower Bridge, Greenwich Observatory, the British Museum, Westminster Abbey and other places all left Xia Yu and Elena's laughter.

The unrestrained laughter and play made the relationship between the two closer and closer.

However, happy times are always short-lived, and early the next morning, Xia Yu came to the Bright Fund again and found George Berkeley, who had some things for him to implement.

This is a very important matter, and it has to do with his layout in the automotive field, and what Margaret Thatcher said yesterday about the solution of the problem of monopoly suspicion in Rolls-Royce Motor Cars.

The office of the boss of the Bright Fund.

Xia Yu called George Berkeley, who was busy buying two banks.

Looking at George Berkeley, who was waiting for him to give orders, Xia Yu looked solemn and said: "George, I have one thing I need you to do, you arrange the right people to form an acquisition team, and I will buy Aston Martin, McLaren and Lotus Motors." ”

Good guy, Xia Yu didn't open his mouth, and as soon as he opened his mouth, George Berkeley was stunned.

He blinked his eyes and found that Xia Yu's face was serious, not like a joke at all.

He hesitated for a moment and said euphemistically: "Boss, we are now acquiring Leland Motors Group, and if we also acquire Aston Martin, McLaren and Lotus Motors, then we will most likely face antitrust investigations." ”

In fact, it is not very likely, but it will definitely happen, but sooner or later.

Once you offend someone, this is an extremely obvious handle, and it is placed on the surface for anyone to move.

Xia Yu smiled, he knew that George Berkeley was wrong, and he blamed him for not expressing it clearly.

He smiled and said: "George, I just entrusted the Bright Fund to acquire on behalf of me, after the acquisition of these three car factories, they will not be merged into Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, but will be transferred to another car company, that company you have not heard, called Tiangong Automobile Group." ”

That's right, Xia Yu is planning to give the British automotive industry a pot!

Smart people never put their eggs in one basket.

As long as Rolls-Royce Motor Cars merges with the Leland Motor Group, the future will certainly be bright.

But as Margaret Thatcher said, there is a suspicion of a monopoly.

Especially under his golden finger, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars will get better and better, and the market share will be larger and larger, and the suspicion of monopoly at that time will be greater and more eye-catching.

The anti-monopoly stick has always been a common weapon used by robbers, which Xia Yu knows in his heart.

In the previous life, Microsoft was so awesome, but the crocodiles on Wall Street were red-eyed, and Bill Gates just didn't want to vomit *** The crocodiles on Wall Street seized the opportunity and directly offered the monopoly stick, and finally Bill Gates compromised.

Earlier, it was the original world oil giant Standard Oil Company, although the Rockefeller family was already the top family in the United States, but there were not a few bigwigs with equal or slightly inferior strength, and under the joint attack, the Rockefeller family was also unable to parry, and the Standard Oil Company was dismembered into 37 oil companies.

Having said that, it is harder to expect Aston Martin, McLaren and Lotus to be self-reliant and rise under the onslaught of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars and other international auto giants.

Of these car manufacturers, one is still very weak, and the other two are mired in losses, and they will also have a bad fate in the future.

For example, Lotus Motors, also known as Lotus cars, was bought by General Motors of the United States in 1986, and was dumped by General Motors for 30 million pounds in 1993, and was sold to Proton Motors in Malaysia in 1996.

What about Aston Martin, which was also bought by Ford in 1987.

As for the McLaren car factory, although it was not acquired, it is also the youngest, founded in 1966, and it has only been 14 years since then, and at this time it has made a name for itself in Formula 1 cars and sports cars, and it has not yet entered the mass production stage, and its revenue is worrying.

Therefore, in order to solve the problem of Rolls-Royce Motor Cars being anti-monopoly, the best way is to create a threatening opponent for it.

It is impossible to count on them to be self-reliant, so he can only do it himself, buy these car factories, and also open them up to make an explosive rise.

put it under the name of Tiangong Automobile Group, although in fact it is all behind him, but it makes sense on the surface, this is no problem.

In addition, there is also a very important reason for Tiangong Automobile Group to acquire these car factories.

That is, Tiangong Automobile Group needs high-precision automobile manufacturing technology!

The car factory in Indonesia is not good, the little devil's own technology is not good, and the technology that comes out is backward.

Tiangong Automobile Group wants to take off, technology is the key, without technology, it will be difficult to enter the mainland in the future, let alone grab business in the world!

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is destined to not be able to move away from the United Kingdom, and only Tiangong Automobile Group can take root in the mainland.

Therefore, the technical shortcomings of Tiangong Automobile Group must be made up.

After all, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars is not a sole proprietorship of Xia Yu, and the technology cannot be handed over to Tiangong Automobile Group, so the latter can only find a way to accumulate it by himself.

As we all know, the best automobile manufacturing technology has always been in the supercar company, and the technical content of sports cars is the highest, and the latest and most cutting-edge technology is used.

Needless to say, McLaren, created by top racing driver Bruce McLaren, specializes in Formula 1 cars, and also builds supercars, and the McLaren F1 sports car created in 1990 can accelerate from zero to 100km/h in 3.2 seconds, and exceed 386km/h!

So you can imagine the potential of McLaren's technology development!

Aston Martin, known as the Rolls-Royce of sports cars, was also a racing driver, and the company operated racing cars, supercars and convertible station wagons, and the technology was unquestionable, and later it was wholly owned by Ford, providing Ford with a lot of technology.

Lotus is also a world-renowned manufacturer of racing cars and sports cars, and the Lotus team is still active in Formula 1 (F1) circuits.

These three are all supercar and racing car manufacturers, each with a unique technology, if acquired, all the technology will be absorbed by Tiangong Automobile Group, which will accumulate a solid technical heritage for Tiangong Automobile Group.

After that, if you want to build a commercial car, the difficulty will be greatly reduced!

Not to mention the brand value of these three supercar car companies, now that they are acquired, they will definitely make a profit!

In 1993, the loss-making Lotus car was sold by General Motors at a price of 3,500 pounds, and at the current price, it can be worth 15 million to the sky.

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Hearing Xia Yu's explanation, George Berkeley breathed a sigh of relief, the boss was not dizzy.

As for the Tiangong Automobile Group that suddenly appeared, he was not interested, whether the British automobile industry was swallowed up by the boss as an outsider, George Berkeley did not care at all.

He nodded and said, "Boss, I will immediately set up an acquisition team and make every effort to acquire these three car manufacturers." ”

Xia Yu smiled and said, "Well!

George Berkeley was just about to say that it was okay for me to leave first, when a flash of inspiration popped into his mind.

It seems that the boss has a soft spot for the automotive industry, and this news should be of interest to the boss!

His eyes lit up slightly, and he said to Xia Yu: "Boss, I have a message here, I don't know if you are interested?"

Xia Yu raised his eyebrows, a trace of curiosity rose in his heart, and asked, "What news?"

George Berkeley said: "It's about Automobili Lamborghini in Italy, I got the news that now Automobili Lamborghini is in a bankruptcy turmoil, and I guess I can't hide this time." ”

He is also because the boss is interested in the automotive industry, so his subordinates are also relatively concerned about the information in this field, and it happened that his subordinates mentioned this news to him a few days ago.

At this time, seeing that the boss planned to pack the car company in the UK, he finally remembered the incident.

It turned out to be a Lamborghini?

Xia Yu was a little surprised, and then thought for a moment, remembering that Lamborghini seemed to have really gone bankrupt in the 80s, and it changed hands many times later.

Xia Yu asked, "George, do you know why Lamborghini is about to go bankrupt?"

George Berkeley immediately got up and said, "Boss, wait a minute, I have an investigation report in my office that is submitted below, and I will show it to you." ”

"Go ahead!"

After a while, George Berkeley returned again and took the report given to him by his subordinates a few days ago to Xia Yu.

After Xia Yu flipped through it, he finally knew the detailed reason.

In later generations, the "two kings and one queen" of the Italian automobile industry were very well-known, namely Ferrari, Lamborghini and Maserati.

But Ferrari was in the limelight in this era, and Lamborghini and Maserati were not yet famous.

Automobili Lamborghini was founded in 1963, and it has only been 17 years since then.

Moreover, Lamborghini's designers have a clear brain, and the models they designed are simply subversive of people's three views, and are laughingly called "ghosts" by consumers.

As a result, Lamborghini has not sold well every time it has struggled to launch.

The founder, Ferruccio Lamborghini, was constantly asking for financial support to support Automobili Lamborghini's operations.

But every time there was no result, the investor's money was not wasted, and Ferruccio Lamborghini could no longer borrow money.

The development of new models has stalled, and the bomb that has been buried for a long time has finally ignited the fuse.

Automobili Lamborghini is on the verge of bankruptcy.

If no financial support can be found, the situation will only get worse if it drags on day by day, and now Ferruccio Lamborghini is helpless, and the media have concluded that Automobili Lamborghini is about to go bankrupt.

What is not written in the report is that if the normal trajectory is followed, by February 28, that is, more than ten days away, Automobili Lamborghini will have no choice but to declare bankruptcy.

It will then be acquired by the Swiss company Milan Brothers.

But that was just the trajectory that he would have walked, and he was seen by Xia Yu at this time, and he had a collecting habit and was not bad for money, so he naturally had no reason to give up such a good opportunity.

As long as the acquisition of Automobili Lamborghini, Tiangong Automobile Group's supercar camp is more luxurious, and the company's technical background is more abundant, and it can also enter the Italian automobile market by the way, the price is not big, what a good thing!

If this kind of opportunity slips away, it will be intolerable!

Thinking of this, Xia Yu immediately decided to acquire, and he instructed George Berkeley: "George, I want Automobili Lamborghini too, you send someone to watch, as long as Automobili Lamborghini goes bankrupt, you will immediately launch an acquisition of it, don't be preempted!"

George Berkeley immediately promised: "Okay, I remember!"

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