Chapter 1665: The Lion Opens His Mouth
At this time, in the eyes of Roland Maas, Li Mu had become a bandit with a long knife, and he specialized in cutting flesh from people.
Just because he touched the porcelain of Makino Technology, Mars was pressed on the ground and rubbed for so long, and the reputation loss was immeasurable, and now, Li Mu actually asked for 50 million US dollars, so calculated, Mars's loss this time can no longer be described as heavy.
But then again, Roland Maas himself knows very well that a fast-moving consumer goods giant like Mars is not short of money, and an Internet giant like Li Mu is not short of money, and he has to deliberately blackmail himself for 50 million US dollars if he is not short of money, and this money is not in Li Mu's own pocket, it seems that Li Mu is really angry this time.
Roland Maas also knows that the best solution now is to be interesting, and quickly accept the so-called "funding gap" that Li Mu said, so that Li Mu can be satisfied and then solve the crisis.
However, as soon as he thought that Li Mu would take away 50 million US dollars, Roland Maas was slow to make up his mind.
Seeing his anxious and tangled appearance, Li Mu smiled indifferently, didn't wait for him to answer, and then said: "Mr. Mas, to be honest, I have been very busy with a lot of affairs recently, and I can't spare time to take care of too many things, this time I am a little lazy, I am really embarrassed." ”
Roland Maas was about to say a polite word, but Li Mu didn't give him a chance, so he continued to ask him: "By the way, Mr. Maas should know about Prince William, right?"
"Of course, of course. Roland Maas hurriedly said: "To be honest, our grandfather's generation is still very close to the British royal family, Mars's career started in the United Kingdom, and then gradually turned to the United States, so in our generation, the relationship with the British royal family is somewhat weakened, although it is not as good as back then, but it can be regarded as a world friend." ”
Li Mu nodded and said: "Some time ago, Prince William came to China and donated several pieces of the Windsor family's private collection to the Huaxia Palace Museum, almost all of which are cultural relics in Chinese history, but they were exiled overseas because of the war more than a hundred years ago, and with the help of the Windsor family, they had the opportunity to return to China." ”
Speaking of this, Li Mu sighed and continued: "This incident has touched me a lot, our Chinese history has a long history, it is one of the four ancient civilizations, civilization and history have continued to the present, but because of the special reasons of that year, many of our precious historical relics have been lost overseas, and I, as a son and daughter of China, have the responsibility and obligation to help those Chinese cultural relics lost overseas gradually return to China, do you say that I am right?"
Roland Maas nodded hurriedly, and said with great agreement: "What Mr. Li said is so right, helping more Chinese cultural relics to return to China is also helping China to reassemble and improve history, which is of great significance." ”
Li Mu sighed: "Although it is of great significance, it is more difficult to practice. ”
Speaking, Li Mu said: "You Western historical relics are classified as works of art, and your art auction market is too mature, the auction price of oriental cultural relics has long been coaxed to a very high level by those art profiteers, so, if you want to let a large number of Chinese cultural relics return to China, the biggest constraint is that there is no money, in Europe, a piece of Chinese porcelain, it is possible to auction millions or even tens of millions of pounds, think about it, if I want to get back all the things that the Eight-Nation Alliance stole in Yanjing in one day, how much will it cost?" It's possible that it won't be enough to sell Makino Technology!"
Roland Maas felt dizzy, he heard the meaning of Li Mu's words, Li Mu was crying with himself!
Could it be that Li Mu's price code has not been opened yet?
He looked at Li Mu nervously and asked tentatively, "Mr. Li, what do you mean?"
Li Mu hurriedly said: "I don't mean anything else, don't think about it too much, I just treat you as a friend, so I will tell you about some of the troubles I am encountering at present, you should listen to me complain a few words, and it would be better to forget after listening to this side and there." ”
Roland Maas only hoped that Li Mu would quickly open all the prices, and not to break back and forth one by one, so he couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "Mr. Li, how big is the funding gap for your public welfare project?"
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "I think there is a shortage of at least five or six hundred million US dollars." ”
Roland Maas was dumbfounded and said, "Five or six hundred million dollars? God, that's a scary amount." ”
When he said this, Roland Maas's liver was secretly trembling, Mars's profit is now more than a billion dollars a year, if Li Muzhen asks for five or six billion dollars, then he can go home directly, because even if he agrees, the board of directors will not agree.
Li Mu waved his hand with a serious face at this time, and said: "Five or six hundred million US dollars is just a drop in the bucket, such a thing is beneficial for a thousand years, and it is necessary to mobilize all the forces that can be mobilized, and it is possible to solve it by working together and uniting as one, so I am now raising donations for this project everywhere, and strive to make the whole society contribute to it." ”
Roland Maas knew that he would inevitably be ruthless by Li Muzai this time, so he asked directly: "Mr. Li, how much effort do you think Mars can exert is appropriate?"
Li Mu hurriedly waved his hand and said: "If you say anything, this matter is the business of our Chinese children, how can you Mars help, this is not appropriate, and it shouldn't be." ”
Roland Maas's heart was dripping blood, and he said: "Mr. Li, I still say the same thing, I hope we can cooperate sincerely regardless of previous suspicions, since we are close partners in the future, then let's talk about our hearts and support your charity, which is also right, what do you say?"
Roland Maas only wants a final result now, he wants to know how much money Mars has paid, so that Li Mu can be happy and stop all kinds of suppression of Mars.
Li Mu saw that the time was almost brewing, so he smiled slightly and said, "Mr. Mas can have this heart, it is really touching!"
After that, Li Mu thought for a moment and said: "Doing charity is a kind of thing, in fact, it all depends on a heart, the same thing, someone may donate a million, someone may only donate a dime, it is understandable to donate more or less, if Mars really wants to make a contribution to this public welfare, the amount does not matter." ”
Roland Maas has a big head, Li Mu is obviously playing Tai Chi, going around and around, not saying how much money he wants, this is forcing himself to speak!
But how much is it appropriate to say it yourself?
Just now, he had taken the initiative to promise a total of 50 million US dollars in donations of 3321 and the immortality of veterans, but Li Mu was still unmoved, if he offered millions of dollars on the charity project of returning from the lost cultural relics, Li Mu would definitely not look at himself.
If you open tens of millions of dollars, wouldn't that be crazy?
Li Mu saw that Roland Maas was slow to speak, so he looked at the time and said: "In this way, Mr. Maas, if you haven't devoted yourself to this public welfare plan for the time being, you can go back and understand and think about it well, I still have something to do, so I won't accompany you for the time being." ”
Seeing that Li Mu was leaving, Roland Maas hurriedly grabbed him and blurted out: "That's it, Mr. Li, we donated 20 million US dollars to the charity project of the lost cultural relics, what do you think?"
Li Mu immediately smiled and said: "Thank you so much, Mr. Maas, although 20 million US dollars is a drop in the bucket, it can also solve a lot of problems, this matter, I will ask my assistant to deal with you for follow-up matters." ”
Roland Maas scolded his mother in his heart, 20 million dollars is just a drop in the bucket? How much do you want?
However, Roland Maas didn't dare to show any dissatisfaction in front of Li Mu, so he could only hold back his anger and ask with a smile: "Mr. Li, what do you ......think of our affairs?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "This matter also allows my assistant to connect with you, I still have something to ......."
Roland Maas's heart tightened, Li Mu pushed everything to his assistant, this attitude was clearly playing ball, so he couldn't help but remind: "Mr. Li, this is a donation of 70 million US dollars, will it be ...... to connect with your assistant?" Wouldn't it be a little sloppy......"
Li Mu frowned and said, "Where is the sloppiness? For many projects with tens of millions of dollars, I will arrange for the other party to directly connect with my assistant, is there any problem with this?"
"I didn't ...... Nothing wrong with that. Roland Maas hesitated: "It's just that I think 70 million dollars is not a small project, if you can, I still hope you can take some time and we have a good talk." ”
Roland Maas said this, knowing that he was already in a mess, he knew that Li Mu had a big appetite, but he didn't expect that 70 million US dollars could not be satisfied, and at this time he didn't know how to be good, if he stopped here, then he had to face two problems:
First, do you want to fulfill the donation promise of 70 million US dollars, after all, Li Mu did not give himself any promise, if he fulfills the 70 million US dollars, it is very likely that it will be in vain;
Second, after going back, can you still sit firmly in the position of chairman of the board of directors, and will you be directly killed by the board of directors after a round of voting.
Li Mu smiled faintly at this time, and said to Roland Maas: "Mr. Maas, any company has a hierarchical division of positions and business, when our internal board of directors meets, I have already formulated the scope of my responsibility, I am responsible for the project of 100 million US dollars supreme without a ceiling, as long as the project is less than 100 million US dollars, there are a lot of cadres who can be responsible for it, and they can do it, you and me, you can rest assured." ”
After that, Li Mu looked at his watch and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I have to go to the meeting, let Ziwei come over and talk to you." ”
"Don't, don't!" Roland Maas blurted out subconsciously: "Mr. Li, what do you think, we will donate 50 million US dollars to the Foundation for the return of your lost cultural relics, do you think it's okay?"