After everything was discussed, Jerome was about to leave, but Chen Dahe stopped him.

Jerome sat on the sofa, looking at the boss who was bowing his head and contemplating, and he was a little surprised, didn't he say that something was wrong, why didn't he speak again?

Chen Dahe was also a little entangled in his heart at this time, should this matter be handed over to Jerome?

Next year, that is, in 1984, will be the first year of the start of China's private enterprises, according to his plan, Ma Jiatong and their veterans who have been trained for nearly four years will be released at this time, and set up companies in their respective names to develop separately, and when these enterprises develop and grow, they will also become his most solid help in China, like Jones Company.

It's just that with the current domestic industrial level and market conditions, even with his financial support, these companies will also experience some difficulties in technology and equipment in the early stage of entrepreneurship, because there are many things, not money can be bought, can be done, so he wants to acquire a number of corresponding companies in Europe first, can support them in this regard, as for whether to promote joint ventures or simple international trade forms, he has not yet decided, but this preparatory work must be done first.

Either way, once he starts to cooperate with China, part of his domestic layout will definitely be exposed to the eyes of the controllers of these companies, and this alone cannot be treated by him without caution.

After a while, Chen Dahe raised his head and looked at Jerome and said, "Which department is in charge of the M&A business?"

After consideration, he still decided to hand over this matter to Jerome to be responsible, after all, he controls the Third International Bank, and he also knows a lot of his investments in Europe, and when he returns to China in the future, there will definitely be contact between the two sides, then he will know sooner or later, since this is the case, there is no need to deliberately guard against it, and after two years of cooperation, at least for now, he is still worth trusting, of course, these companies do not need him to take care of, Chen Dahe is ready to hand it over to others.

"M&A?" Jerome was slightly stunned, and then hurriedly said, "As early as when the bank was established, we set up an investment bank at the same time, and they were responsible for the M&A business, including computer systems and automotive systems, and the various companies were completed by them, but so far, most of the business is delivered internally, and rarely receives external commissions, but the business personnel of the investment bank are all elites in the industry, even if it is a large-scale international merger and acquisition, they are confident that they can be completed." ”

He thought that the boss had some big investment project to hand over to him, so he immediately began to express his determination.

"Well," Chen Dahe nodded and said with a smile, "I don't doubt this, just from the fact that they can acquire so many companies in a short period of time, you can see their business capabilities, so,"

Chen Dahe said as he walked to the desk, pressed the bell on the corner of the table, and then opened the safe in the cabinet behind the swivel chair.

In less than a minute, there was a knock on the door of the study, and then the elder Theo pushed the door and walked in, standing straight in front of Chen Dahe, waiting for his orders.

Chen Dahe took out a document bag from the safe and handed it to him, "Theo, this is an investment company registration document, and in the name of this company, you have entrusted the Third International Bank to acquire several companies. ”

"Jerome," Chen Dahe returned to the sofa and sat down, crossed Erlang's legs and said, "The budget is 50 million US dollars, the acquisition of companies related to people's livelihood, clothing, food, housing and transportation, there are two key points, one is technology, the other is equipment, the number is not limited, the more complete the better." ”

In fact, at this time, an ordinary company is not worth a few dollars, one or two million dollars can buy a small and medium-sized enterprise with a good operating condition, and there are not a few with a low value of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and more than five million dollars are considered large companies, and a budget of 50 million dollars is enough to acquire more than a dozen or even 20 companies, which is enough.

"Well," Jerome hesitated when he heard this request, "sir, I don't quite understand what you mean, I don't know if there are any criteria for this acquisition, or what is the purpose of your acquisition?"

The acquisition of a company is not just to find a random object to buy and finish, must take into account the impact of all aspects, whether it is a computer company, or an automobile group, each single acquisition has a very clear purpose, or to master key technologies, or to improve manufacturing capacity, or to supplement the supply chain, for no reason acquisition, it is easy to cause a waste of resources, he just got the boss's promise, can be allocated equity from the two companies, but I don't want to be punished by the boss for incompetence.

"Standards are technology and equipment," Chen Dahe said with a smile, "You don't need more avant-garde technology, the mainstream is good, and the equipment is the same, so it doesn't have to be a terminal product company, upstream raw materials and formula supply, and equipment manufacturing can be." ”

He didn't explain the purpose, just have standard requirements, because even he didn't think about what kind of company he should open for Ma Jiatong next year, but it was limited to the people's livelihood industry, so he didn't care so much for now, and then he bought it.

Jerome lowered his head and thought about it, and then said, "Clothing, food, housing and transportation belong to a wide range of industries, involving many links, taking clothing as an example, including upstream fabric weaving, clothing design, Midstream garment manufacturing and downstream sales channels, if each link to acquire a company, it will inevitably involve a wide range, and if only to technology and equipment as the standard, I think not necessarily all the acquisition of companies, you can only buy one or two for different industries, others, directly buy technology and production lines, which will save a lot of money. ”

A garment company must have its own garment workshop, but no one stipulates that there can be no fabric production workshops and direct stores, and it is relatively wisest to integrate relevant technology and equipment into one company for overall management.

"Well," Chen Dahe nodded, "You can think of this way, I don't have a clear idea now, you do it according to your idea first, don't be afraid to buy more and buy wrong, invest in the people's livelihood industry, as long as you can keep up with the times, you will definitely not lose." ”

"I see," Jerome took out his notebook and wrote it down, in fact, his mind was still a mess, and he didn't understand what the boss's intentions were at all, but since the boss explained it like this, then go for it, it's only about 50 million dollars, and with the backing of the bank, you can't lose it!

After Jerome left, Chen Dahe motioned for old Theo to sit down, looked at him and said, "Theo, the company I asked Jerome to buy will be handed over to you to manage as family assets in the future." ”

"Okay, sir," old Theo naturally didn't say a word, and was very happy in his heart, it has been two years since he joined the Chen family, and up to now, the family assets he manages are mainly those antiques that cannot be realized hidden in the bank vault, and the other is the 50 million dollars in cash obtained from selling a small number of low-value antiques, which always feels not much challenging, and now the family owner has handed over the new industrial assets to him to manage, and now he finally has something to do.